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|lshtext=<b>dĕcor</b>: ōris, m. deceo,<br /><b>I</b> [[what]] is [[seemly]], [[becoming]]; [[comeliness]], [[elegance]], [[grace]], [[beauty]], [[ornament]] ([[poet]]. [[word]]; in [[prose]] perh. not [[before]] the Aug. per.; esp. freq. in Quint.; v. [[decus]]).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: Mobilibusque [[decor]] naturis dandus et annis, Hor. A. P. 157; cf.: [[suus]] cuique [[decor]] est, Quint. 10, 2, 22; cf. also [[decor]] [[quoque]] a gestu [[atque]] a motu venit, id. 11, 3, 67; and est et in incessu [[pars]] non temnenda [[decoris]], etc., Ov. A. A. 3, 299: divini signa [[decoris]], Verg. A. 5, 647: ovibus sua [[lana]] decori est, Ov. M. 13, 849; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 11, 29.—In [[rhetor]]. lang.: non decorem compositionis quaerimus, sed facilitatem, Quint. 9, 4, 145; cf. id. 9, 4, 44: [[quantum]] fuerit illis viris [[decoris]] in rebus [[atque]] personis, id. 10, 2, 27 et saep.—In [[architecture]]: [[decor]] est [[emendatus]] operis [[aspectus]] probatis rebus compositi cum auctoritate, etc., Vitr. 1, 2.—In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: varii scenai, Lucr. 4, 984.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., of [[personal]] [[comeliness]], charms, [[beauty]] (cf.: [[decens]], no. 2): fugit [[retro]] Levis Juventa et Decor, Hor. Od. 2, 11, 6; Tib. 4, 2, 8; Ov. M. 1, 488; Curt. 8, 4, 23; Tac. H. 2, 1 al.; cf. Vulg. Isa. 33, 17; id. Thren. 1, 6.!*? dĕcor, adj., v. [[decoris]].