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ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dĕcŏris: e, or dĕcŏr, adj. decus,
I ornamented, adorned, elegant, beautiful (only in the follg. passages; hence nom. dub.; cf.: dedecor and indecoris): magnam domum decoremque Ditem vexarant, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 699 P.: equis et armis decoribus cultus, Sall. H. Fragm. ib. (Hist. 3, 14).—Adv.: dĕcŏrĭter, elegantly, beautifully: impeditos crinium globos, App. M. 5, p. 168, 23; 11, p. 185, 19 al.

Latin > English

decoris decoris, decore ADJ :: beautiful; pleasing to the senses