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|lshtext=<b>dĕcōrus</b>: a, um, adj. [[decor]], Gr. [[εὐπρεπής]] | |lshtext=<b>dĕcōrus</b>: a, um, adj. [[decor]], Gr. [[εὐπρεπής]].<br /><b>I</b> Becoming, [[fitting]], [[seemly]], [[proper]], [[suitable]], [[decorous]] ([[class]].).<br /> <b>(a)</b> With dat.: QVAE QVOIQVE DIVO DECORAE GRATAEQVE SINT HOSTIAE PROVIDENTO, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20: [[color]] [[albus]] [[praecipue]] [[decorus]] deo est, id. ib. 2, 18, 45: [[quod]] virginitati [[decorum]], Liv. 2, 13; Quint. 11, 3, 101; cf. ib. § 104, and 11, 1, 33 al.: [[decorum]] erat tum ipsis capessere pugnam ducibus, Liv. 2, 6; cf. Tac. A. 1, 12. —*<br /> <b>(b)</b> With abl. ([[after]] the [[analogy]] of [[dignus]]): (facinora puerilia) [[neque]] te decora [[neque]] tuis virtutibus, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 24 (cf. id. Aul. 2, 2, 43).—*<br /> <b>(g)</b> With ad ([[after]] the [[analogy]] of [[aptus]], [[accommodatus]], etc.): nos auri venas invenimus et ad usum aptas et ad ornatum decoras, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> With pro: [[decorum]] pro [[causa]] [[ratus]], Tac. H. 3, 7.—（ε) Absol.: [[decorus]] est senis [[sermo]], [[quietus]] et [[remissus]], Cic. de Sen. 9, 28; cf.: vox et [[actio]], Quint. 10, 1, 17: [[silentium]], Hor. Od. 4, 1, 35 et saep.: [[nihil]] [[nisi]] [[quod]] honestum decorumque [[sit]] admirari, Cic. Off. 1, 20: [[omnino]] si [[quicquam]] est [[decorum]], [[nihil]] est [[profecto]] [[magis]], [[quam]] [[aequabilitas]] universae vitae, id. ib. 1, 31, 111; Quint. 5, 10, 40 al.: actuariis minutis Patras accedere ... non [[satis]] [[visum]] est [[decorum]], Cic. Att. 5, 9; so [[with]] a [[subject]]-[[clause]], id. ib. 4, 16, 3: [[dulce]] et [[decorum]] est pro [[patria]] mori, Hor. Od. 3, 2, 13; Ov. M. 9, 6 (opp. turpe); cf. ib. 13, 309 al.—<br /> <b>B</b> Subst.: dĕ-cōrum, i, n., in Cic. for the Gr. [[πρέπον]], [[that]] [[which]] is [[seemly]], [[suitable]]; [[seemliness]], [[fitness]], [[propriety]], [[decorum]] (for [[which]] Quint. uses [[decor]]; cf.: [[decus]] init.): ut in [[vita]], sic in oratione [[nihil]] est difficilius [[quam]] [[quid]] deceat videre. Πρέπον appellant hoc [[Graeci]]: nos dicamus [[sane]] [[decorum]]; Cic. Or. 21, 70; cf.: id, [[quod]] [[Graece]] [[πρέπον]] dicitur, [[decorum]] dici Latine potest, etc., id. Off. 1, 27 sq.; cf. id. ib. 1, 35; Tac. H. 1, 71.—Plur.: vota pro reditu ejus et [[alia]] decora, id. ib. 3, 47: plura tribuere, id. ib. 3, 5.<br /><b>II</b> Absol., decorated, ornamented, [[adorned]]; [[elegant]], [[fine]], [[beautiful]], [[handsome]] (not so in Cic.; [[but]] freq. in the poets and historians, esp. in Hor. and Tacit.): delubra deum, * Lucr. 2, 352; cf.: [[aedes]], Hor. Od. 1, 30, 3; and: supplicationes et [[alia]] decora, Tac. A. 3, 47: galeae ensesque, Verg. A. 11, 194: [[insigne]] clipei, id. ib. 2, 392: [[arma]], Sall. C. 7, 4 al.: membra juventae, Verg. A. 4, 559; cf.: oculi, id. ib. 11, 480: [[pectus]], id. ib. 4, 589: os, Hor. S. 1, 8, 21: [[facies]], id. ib. 1, 2, 87; Sall. J. 6, 1: [[caput]], Ov. M. 6, 167: juventa, Tac. H. 1, 53: [[genus]], id. A. 6, 27 al.: [[palaestra]], [[noble]], [[skilful]], Hor. Od. 1, 10, 3: verba, id. S. 2, 7, 41; id. Ep. 2, 1, 73: temporibus Augusti dicendis non defuere decora ingenia, Tac. A. 1, 1.—Sup.: [[Zeus]] decorissimus, Apul. Mag. 4, p. 276, 4.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> With abl., [[adorned]] [[with]] [[any]] [[thing]]; [[shining]], [[beautiful]] [[with]] [[any]] [[thing]]: ductores ostro decori, Verg. A. 5, 133; cf. id. ib. 12, 126: [[Phoebus]] fulgente arcu, Hor. Carm. Sec. 61: [[Bacchus]] aureo [[cornu]], id. Od. 2, 19, 30: [[Medi]] pharetrā, id. ib. 2, 16, 2: dea formāque armisque, Ov. M. 2, 773: [[satis]] [[decorus]] [[etiam]] Graeca [[facundia]], Tac. H. 2, 80.— With ab: voces decorae ab aspectu, Col. 6, 1.Adv.: dĕcōrē.<br /> <b>1</b> (Acc. to no. I.) Suitably, [[properly]], [[decorously]]: ut ea si non [[decore]], at [[quam]] [[minime]] [[indecore]] facere possimus, Cic. Off. 1, 31 fin.; cf. id. de Or. 1, 32, 144; 3, 47, 182; Sall. J. 100 fin.—*<br /> <b>2</b> (acc. to no. II.), [[elegantly]], [[charmingly]], [[beautifully]]: formata d. Jovis [[species]], Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 20 (cf. [[above]], decora delubra deum). | ||
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dĕcōrus: a, um, adj. decor, Gr. εὐπρεπής.
I Becoming, fitting, seemly, proper, suitable, decorous (class.).
(a) With dat.: QVAE QVOIQVE DIVO DECORAE GRATAEQVE SINT HOSTIAE PROVIDENTO, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20: color albus praecipue decorus deo est, id. ib. 2, 18, 45: quod virginitati decorum, Liv. 2, 13; Quint. 11, 3, 101; cf. ib. § 104, and 11, 1, 33 al.: decorum erat tum ipsis capessere pugnam ducibus, Liv. 2, 6; cf. Tac. A. 1, 12. —*
(b) With abl. (after the analogy of dignus): (facinora puerilia) neque te decora neque tuis virtutibus, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 24 (cf. id. Aul. 2, 2, 43).—*
(g) With ad (after the analogy of aptus, accommodatus, etc.): nos auri venas invenimus et ad usum aptas et ad ornatum decoras, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151.—
(d) With pro: decorum pro causa ratus, Tac. H. 3, 7.—（ε) Absol.: decorus est senis sermo, quietus et remissus, Cic. de Sen. 9, 28; cf.: vox et actio, Quint. 10, 1, 17: silentium, Hor. Od. 4, 1, 35 et saep.: nihil nisi quod honestum decorumque sit admirari, Cic. Off. 1, 20: omnino si quicquam est decorum, nihil est profecto magis, quam aequabilitas universae vitae, id. ib. 1, 31, 111; Quint. 5, 10, 40 al.: actuariis minutis Patras accedere ... non satis visum est decorum, Cic. Att. 5, 9; so with a subject-clause, id. ib. 4, 16, 3: dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, Hor. Od. 3, 2, 13; Ov. M. 9, 6 (opp. turpe); cf. ib. 13, 309 al.—
B Subst.: dĕ-cōrum, i, n., in Cic. for the Gr. πρέπον, that which is seemly, suitable; seemliness, fitness, propriety, decorum (for which Quint. uses decor; cf.: decus init.): ut in vita, sic in oratione nihil est difficilius quam quid deceat videre. Πρέπον appellant hoc Graeci: nos dicamus sane decorum; Cic. Or. 21, 70; cf.: id, quod Graece πρέπον dicitur, decorum dici Latine potest, etc., id. Off. 1, 27 sq.; cf. id. ib. 1, 35; Tac. H. 1, 71.—Plur.: vota pro reditu ejus et alia decora, id. ib. 3, 47: plura tribuere, id. ib. 3, 5.
II Absol., decorated, ornamented, adorned; elegant, fine, beautiful, handsome (not so in Cic.; but freq. in the poets and historians, esp. in Hor. and Tacit.): delubra deum, * Lucr. 2, 352; cf.: aedes, Hor. Od. 1, 30, 3; and: supplicationes et alia decora, Tac. A. 3, 47: galeae ensesque, Verg. A. 11, 194: insigne clipei, id. ib. 2, 392: arma, Sall. C. 7, 4 al.: membra juventae, Verg. A. 4, 559; cf.: oculi, id. ib. 11, 480: pectus, id. ib. 4, 589: os, Hor. S. 1, 8, 21: facies, id. ib. 1, 2, 87; Sall. J. 6, 1: caput, Ov. M. 6, 167: juventa, Tac. H. 1, 53: genus, id. A. 6, 27 al.: palaestra, noble, skilful, Hor. Od. 1, 10, 3: verba, id. S. 2, 7, 41; id. Ep. 2, 1, 73: temporibus Augusti dicendis non defuere decora ingenia, Tac. A. 1, 1.—Sup.: Zeus decorissimus, Apul. Mag. 4, p. 276, 4.—
(b) With abl., adorned with any thing; shining, beautiful with any thing: ductores ostro decori, Verg. A. 5, 133; cf. id. ib. 12, 126: Phoebus fulgente arcu, Hor. Carm. Sec. 61: Bacchus aureo cornu, id. Od. 2, 19, 30: Medi pharetrā, id. ib. 2, 16, 2: dea formāque armisque, Ov. M. 2, 773: satis decorus etiam Graeca facundia, Tac. H. 2, 80.— With ab: voces decorae ab aspectu, Col. 6, 1.Adv.: dĕcōrē.
1 (Acc. to no. I.) Suitably, properly, decorously: ut ea si non decore, at quam minime indecore facere possimus, Cic. Off. 1, 31 fin.; cf. id. de Or. 1, 32, 144; 3, 47, 182; Sall. J. 100 fin.—*
2 (acc. to no. II.), elegantly, charmingly, beautifully: formata d. Jovis species, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 20 (cf. above, decora delubra deum).
