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|lshtext=<b>dĕcus</b>: i, m., v. [[decussis]],<br /><b>I</b> init.<br /><b>dĕcus</b>: ŏris, n. Sanscr. daças, [[fame]]; Gr. [[δόξα]]; cf. [[decet]], [[any]] [[thing]] [[that]] ornaments, embellishes, adorns, honors, etc.;<br /><b>I</b> [[ornament]], [[grace]], [[embellishment]], [[splendor]], [[glory]], [[honor]], [[dignity]] ([[class]]. and freq.; a favorite [[word]] [[with]] [[Cicero]], in [[oratorical]] lang.).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: hostium spolia, decora [[atque]] ornamenta fanorum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44; cf.: [[senator]] populi Romani, [[splendor]] ordinis, [[decus]] [[atque]] [[ornamentum]] judiciorum, id. Caecin. 10, 28; so, [[too]], [[decus]] ornamentumque senectutis, id. de Or. 1, 45, 199; id. Prov. Cons. 11, 28: ut hominis [[decus]] [[ingenium]], sic ingenii ipsius [[lumen]] est [[eloquentia]], id. Brut. 15, 59; cf. id. Phil. 2, 22, 54: ad [[decus]] et ad laudem civitatis, id. N. D. 1, 4; cf. id. Brut. 97; cf. also id. Fin. 1, 10 fin.; id. Ac. 1, 9, 33: dignitatem et [[decus]] sustinere, id. Off. 1, 34, 124 et saep.: O [[decus]] Phoebi et dapibus supremi Grata [[testudo]] Jovis, Hor. Od. 1, 32, 13: lucidum caeli, id. Carm. Sec. 2: equitum [[Maecenas]], id. Od. 3, 16, 20; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 2 and id. ib. 2, 17, 4: electos juvenes [[simul]] et [[decus]] innuptarum, the ornaments, i. e. the [[most]] [[beautiful]] of the maidens, Catull. 64, 78 al.: castique [[decus]] servare pudoris, Ov. M. 13, 480: oris, i. e. [[beauty]], id. ib. 3, 422: [[decus]] Asteriae = [[Asteria]] [[decens]] or pulchra, Verg. Cul. 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: haec omnia, quae habent speciem gloriae contemne ...; [[verum]] [[decus]] in virtute positum est, Cic. Fam. 10, 12 fin.: [[divitiae]], [[decus]], [[gloria]] in oculis sita sunt! Sall. C. 20, 14; cf. id. ib. 58, 8; id. J. 3 fin.: regium, id. ib. 72, 2; cf. [[regale]], Ov. M. 9, 690: [[decus]] enitet [[ore]], Verg. A. 4, 150: superimpositum capiti, Liv. 1, 34: (columnas) scenis decora alta futuris, Verg. A. 1, 429: muliebre, i. e. [[chastity]], Liv. 1, 58: immemores [[decoris]] liventia pectora tundunt, i. e. of [[their]] [[bodily]] charms, Ov. M. 8, 536: imperatori [[nobilitas]], quae [[antea]] decori, invidiae esse, Sall. J. 73, 4: [[vitis]] ut arboribus decori est, ut vitibus uvae, Verg. E. 5, 32: Pilumno quos ipsa [[decus]] dedit, id. A. 12, 83.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[deed]] of [[honor]]: tanti [[decoris]] [[testis]], Tac. A. 15, 50.—Esp., plur., decora, honorable achievements, [[valiant]] deeds: cum [[multa]] referret sua familiaeque decora, Liv. 3, 12, 2: militiae decora, id. 2, 23, 4: belli, id. 6, 20, 7 (cf.: dedecora militiae, id. 3, 51, 12): Lacedaemonii vetera, [[Macedones]] [[praesentia]] decora intuebantur, Curt. 6, 1, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Renowned ancestors: [[inter]] nobiles, et longa decora praeferentes, [[novitas]] mea enituit? Tac. A. 14, 53; id. Hist. 1, 15.—<br /><b>III</b> Esp., [[moral]] [[dignity]], [[virtue]], [[honor]]: cum [[quod]] [[decus]] antiqui summum [[bonum]] esse dixerunt, hic [[solum]] [[bonum]] dicat, etc., Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55 (for [[which]], [[shortly]] [[before]], [[solum]] [[bonum]] esse [[quod]] honestum esset): quos (sc. Epicureos) [[nisi]] redarguimus, [[omnis]] [[virtus]], omne [[decus]], [[omnis]] vera [[laus]] deserenda est, id. Fin. 2, 14, 44; so [[with]] [[honestas]], id. Fin. 2, 17, 56; cf. ib. 2, 11, 35; id. Off. 1, 5 fin.: sed ei (sc. Semproniae) cariora [[semper]] omnia [[quam]] [[decus]] [[atque]] [[pudicitia]] fuit, Sall. C. 25, 3; 54, 5.
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|gf=<b>dĕcŭs</b>,⁸ ŏris, n. ([[decet]]), tout ce qui sied, tout ce qui va bien, ornement, parure, gloire, illustration : decora fanorum Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 97, les ornements des temples ; [[decus]] senectutis Cic. de Or. 1, 199, parure de la vieillesse ; [[verum]] [[decus]] in virtute positum [[est]] Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 5, la véritable illustration réside dans la valeur personnelle, cf. Br. 59 ; Phil. 2, 54 ; Off. 1, 124 ; decora Corneliæ gentis Liv. 38, 58, 3, les actions d’éclat de la famille Cornélia, cf. 3, 12, 2 ; militiæ Liv. 2, 23, 4, exploits militaires, cf. 3, 11, 6 ; 6, 20, 7 || decora Sulpiciæ Tac. H. 1, 15, l’illustration [= la noblesse [[illustre]] de la [[gens]] [[Sulpicia]] || [philos.] bienséance, ce qui sied, la dignité morale, l’honneur, etc. : Cic. Off. 1, 17 ; 1, 124 ; Leg. 1, 55 ; Fin. 2, 44, etc.
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