decentia
From LSJ
ὀδοῦσι καὶ ὄνυξι καὶ πάσῃ μηχανῇ → tooth and nail | tooth, fang, and claw | in every possible way | by hook or by crook
Latin > English
decentia decentiae N F :: propriety, decency; comeliness, becomingness
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dĕcentĭa: ae, f. decens,
I comeliness, decency: colorum et figurarum (with venustas), Cic. N. D. 2, 58; id. de Or. 3, 52, 200.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dĕcentĭa,¹⁶ æ, f. (decens), convenance : Cic. de Or. 3, 200 ; Nat. 2, 145.
Latin > German (Georges)
decentia, ae, f. (deceo), der Anstand, die Wohlanständigkeit, Schicklichkeit, Cic. de or. 3, 200 zw.: figurarum venustas atque ordo, et ut ita dicam, decentia, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 145 (als Übersetzungsversuch von ευπρέπεια): dec. speciei, Ps. Fronto de diff. vocab. 2202 P. (= p. 359, 4 ed. Rom. 1823): Ggstz. turpitudo, Chalcid. Tim. 226.
