decorus

Latin

Etymology

From decor.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /deˈkoː.rus/, [d̪ɛˈkoːrʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈko.rus/, [d̪eˈkɔːrus]

Adjective

decōrus (feminine decōra, neuter decōrum, adverb decōrē); first/second-declension adjective

becoming, fitting, proper, suitable
- 23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horace, Odes 3.2.13:
  Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
  Sweet and fitting it is to die for one's fatherland.
decorated, adorned; elegant, fine, beautiful
graceful

Declension

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Antonyms

indecōrus

Derived terms

References

“decorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“decorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
decorus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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