I.v. impers., it becomes or it is becoming, meet, seemly (ante-class.): “capies quod te condecet,” Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 90: “haud Atticam disciplinam,” id. Cas. 3, 5, 24: “in se capessere,” id. Aul. 4, 1, 4: “magis meretricem pudorem quam aurum gerere,” id. Poen. 1, 2, 92; id. Truc. 2, 1, 16; Turp. ap. Non. p. 277, 9 (Com. Rel. v. 127 Rib.): cibaria me comesse condecet solum, Pomp. ap. Charis. I. p. 101 P. (Com. Rel. v. 72 ib.) —Hence, condĕcens , entis, P. a., becoming, seemly, fit (late Lat.); comp.: “habitus,” Aus. Grat. Act. 27.
con-dĕcet , ēre,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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