aptum, accommodatum esse alicui rei or ad aliquid; idoneum esse ad aliquid: convonire ad aliquid (be suitable to the nature of anything, and therefore befitting it). ☞ Neither respondere alicui rei, nor quadrare ad aliquid, nor congruere alicui rei, are here applicable: decere with an accusative of the person (become): aequum est; par est, with an infinitive; convenit, with an accusative and infinitive (it is proper, etc.), it is not befitting, non decet; not at all befitting, minime decet, both with the accusative and infinitive: it is not at all befitting for an orator to be in a passion, oratorem irasci minime decet: “it befits” is sometimes translated by est with the genitive; as, it befits a young man, est juvenis; but if the object is a personal pronoun, the possessive pronoun takes its place; as, it befits thee, tuum est.