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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>dĕcŏro</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [[decus]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[decorate]], [[adorn]], [[embellish]], [[grace]], [[beautify]] ([[class]], and freq.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., [[with]] abl.: Larem [[corona]] [[nostrum]] decorari [[volo]], Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 1: [[oppidum]] ex [[pecunia]] sua locis communibus monumentisque, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46; Verg. A. 6, 217: templa [[novo]] saxo, Hor. Od. 2, 15, 20: dissignatorem lictoribus atris, surrounds, id. Ep. 1, 7, 6, etc.: quae tuos digitos decorat, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 58; cf. so [[without]] abl., Tib. 2, 2, 6: nescias an te generum beati Phyllidis flavae decorent parentes, Hor. Od. 2, 4, 14; Liv. 1, 26 et saep. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[decorate]], [[distinguish]], [[honor]], [[with]] abl.: [[nemo]] me lacrumis decoret nec funera fletu Faxit, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34; cf.: egregias animas ... [[decorate]] supremis Muneribus, Verg. A. 11, 25: quem [[populus]] R. singularibus honoribus decorasset, Cic. Balb. 6 fin.; cf.: aliquem amplissimis honoribus et praemiis, id. de Or. 1, 54, 232: O clementiam admirabilem [[atque]] omni laude decorandam! id. Lig. 2 fin.: delubra deorum pietate, domos suas gloriā, Sall. C. 12, 4: nec [[prave]] factis decorari versibus [[opto]], Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 266: inani vocis [[sono]] decoratum, Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119 et saep. —Without abl.: [[quam]] (remp.) [[ipse]] decorarat [[atque]] auxerat, id. Pis. 12, 27; id. Brut. 75, 265: [[bene]] nummatum decorat Suadela Venusque, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 38.—Hence, dĕ-cŏrātus, a, um, P. a., [[adorned]], [[beautiful]].—In [[sup]].: orationes, Boeth. Arist. Elench. Soph. 1, 12, p. 743.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dĕcŏrō</b>,¹¹ āvī, ātum, āre ([[decus]]), tr, décorer, orner, parer : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 112 ; Hor. O. 2, 15, 20 &#124;&#124; [fig.] honorer, parer, rehausser : Cic. Balbo 16 ; de Or. 1, 232 ; Arch. 22.||[fig.] honorer, parer, rehausser : Cic. Balbo 16 ; de Or. 1, 232 ; Arch. 22.
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{{Georges
|georg=decoro, āvi, ātum, āre ([[decus]]), [[zieren]], [[schmücken]], [[verherrlichen]], I) eig.: [[utrumque]] [[currus]] [[latus]] deorum simulacra ex [[auro]] argentoque expressa decorabant, Curt.: quem [[modo]] decoratum ovantemque victoriā incedentem vidistis, Liv. – m. Abl. [[womit]]? [[qui]] [[oppidum]] [[non]] maximum maximis ex [[pecunia]] sua locis communibus monumentisque decoravit? Cic.: Rhodios parte praedae et spoliis navalibus decoratos domum redire iubet, Liv.: [[Iovis]] optimi maximi ornatu [[decoratus]], Liv.: his insignibus [[decoratus]], Liv.: designatorem decorat (umgibt [[mit]]) lictoribus atris (scherzh. v. der ungesunden [[Jahreszeit]], die den L. [[mit]] seinen schwarzen Dienern [[nötig]] macht), Hor. – II) übtr.: [[quam]] (rem publicam) [[ipse]] decorarat et auxerat, Cic.: [[haec]] [[omnia]] vitae decorabat [[dignitas]] et [[integritas]], Cic. – m. Abl. [[womit]]? alqm lacrumis, Enn. fr. var. 17: egregias animas supremis muneribus, Verg.: alqm singularibus honoribus od. amplissimis honoribus et praemiis, Cic.: deorum delubra pietate, domos suas gloriā, Cic.: o clementiam admirabilem [[atque]] omni laude, praedicatione, litteris monumentisque decorandam! Cic.: ut omne, [[quod]] [[honestum]] [[nos]] et laudabile [[esse]] dicimus, id [[illi]] [[cassum]] quiddam et inani [[vocis]] [[sono]] decoratum [[esse]] dicant, [[für]] [[ein]] nichtiges u. [[mit]] leerem [[Wortgeklingel]] herausstaffiertes [[Ding]] [[erklären]], Cic. Tusc. 5, 119.
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