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decens

decens is a Latin form of decet, meaning “it is fitting, becomes”. It is the present active participle nominative singular feminine.

Found 28 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Ovid, Amores 1.14.21: Tum quoque erat neclecta decens, ut Threcia Bacche,

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.