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|lshtext=<b>dē-dĕcet</b>: cuit, 2,<br /><b>I</b> v. impers. ([[very]] [[rarely]] pers.,<br /> v. [[infra]], II.), it is [[unseemly]], [[unsuitable]], [[unbecoming]]: decere [[quasi]] aptum esse consentaneumque [[tempori]] et personae, etc.... contraque [[item]] dedecere, Cic. Or. 22, 74.—<br /><b>I</b> Prop. ([[class]].; [[usually]] [[connected]] [[with]] a [[negation]]), construed [[like]] [[decet]] (q. v.), [[with]] nom. or inf. rei, and [[with]] acc. pers. or absol.<br /> <b>a</b><br /> <b>(a)</b> Neque te ministrum [[dedecet]] [[myrtus]] [[neque]] me sub arta vite bibentem, Hor. Od. 1, 38, 7: me [[usus]] precum, Ov. M. 6, 689: [[nihil]] se, id. Rem. Am. 410. In | |lshtext=<b>dē-dĕcet</b>: cuit, 2,<br /><b>I</b> v. impers. ([[very]] [[rarely]] pers.,<br /> v. [[infra]], II.), it is [[unseemly]], [[unsuitable]], [[unbecoming]]: decere [[quasi]] aptum esse consentaneumque [[tempori]] et personae, etc.... contraque [[item]] dedecere, Cic. Or. 22, 74.—<br /><b>I</b> Prop. ([[class]].; [[usually]] [[connected]] [[with]] a [[negation]]), construed [[like]] [[decet]] (q. v.), [[with]] nom. or inf. rei, and [[with]] acc. pers. or absol.<br /> <b>a</b><br /> <b>(a)</b> Neque te ministrum [[dedecet]] [[myrtus]] [[neque]] me sub arta vite bibentem, Hor. Od. 1, 38, 7: me [[usus]] precum, Ov. M. 6, 689: [[nihil]] se, id. Rem. Am. 410. In plur.: nec dominam motae dedecuere comae, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 12; 3, 15, 4.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Ut, si [[quid]] dedeceat, vitemus, Cic. Off. 1, 41: vox, Quint. 11, 3, 104.—<br /> <b>b</b><br /> <b>(a)</b> Oratorem irasci [[minime]] [[decet]], simulare non [[dedecet]], Cic. Tusc. 4, 25; Ov. A. A. 2, 530: togam removeri, Quint. 11, 3, 124.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> (Togae) extremam oram rejecisse non [[dedecet]], Quint. 11, 3, 140; Hor. Od. 2, 12, 17.—<br /> <b>c</b> Ut iis, quae habent, [[modice]] et [[scienter]] utantur, et ut ne dedeceat, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 132. —<br /><b>II</b> By [[poet]]. license [[person]]. as a v. a., to dishonor, [[neglect]] a [[thing]]: si non dedecui tua jussa, Stat. Th. 10, 340: [[Atticus]] Claudiorum imagines dedecere videbatur, Tac. A. 2, 43. | ||
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dē-dĕcet: cuit, 2,
I v. impers. (very rarely pers.,
v. infra, II.), it is unseemly, unsuitable, unbecoming: decere quasi aptum esse consentaneumque tempori et personae, etc.... contraque item dedecere, Cic. Or. 22, 74.—
I Prop. (class.; usually connected with a negation), construed like decet (q. v.), with nom. or inf. rei, and with acc. pers. or absol.
a
(a) Neque te ministrum dedecet myrtus neque me sub arta vite bibentem, Hor. Od. 1, 38, 7: me usus precum, Ov. M. 6, 689: nihil se, id. Rem. Am. 410. In plur.: nec dominam motae dedecuere comae, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 12; 3, 15, 4.—
(b) Ut, si quid dedeceat, vitemus, Cic. Off. 1, 41: vox, Quint. 11, 3, 104.—
b
(a) Oratorem irasci minime decet, simulare non dedecet, Cic. Tusc. 4, 25; Ov. A. A. 2, 530: togam removeri, Quint. 11, 3, 124.—
(b) (Togae) extremam oram rejecisse non dedecet, Quint. 11, 3, 140; Hor. Od. 2, 12, 17.—
c Ut iis, quae habent, modice et scienter utantur, et ut ne dedeceat, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 132. —
II By poet. license person. as a v. a., to dishonor, neglect a thing: si non dedecui tua jussa, Stat. Th. 10, 340: Atticus Claudiorum imagines dedecere videbatur, Tac. A. 2, 43.
