dĕcōrus — Lewis & Short
dĕcōrus, a, um, adj.decor, Gr. eu)preph/s.
I Becoming, fitting, seemly, proper, suitable, decorous (class.).
(a) With dat.:
QVAE QVOIQVE DIVO DECORAE GRATAEQVE SINT HOSTIAE PROVIDENTO,Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20:
color albus praecipue decorus deo est,id. ib. 2, 18, 45:
quod virginitati decorum,Liv. 2, 13; Quint. 11, 3, 101; cf. ib. § 104, and 11, 1, 33 al.:
decorum erat tum ipsis capessere pugnam ducibus,Liv. 2, 6; cf. Tac. A. 1, 12. —*
(b) With abl. (after the analogy of dignus):
(facinora puerilia) neque te decora neque tuis virtutibus,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 24 (cf. id. Aul. 2, 2, 43).—*
(g) With ad (after the analogy of aptus, accommodatus, etc.):
nos auri venas invenimus et ad usum aptas et ad ornatum decoras,Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151.—
(d) With pro:
decorum pro causa ratus,Tac. H. 3, 7.—(e) Absol.:
decorus est senis sermo, quietus et remissus,Cic. de Sen. 9, 28; cf.:
vox et actio,Quint. 10, 1, 17:
silentium,Hor. Od. 4, 1, 35 et saep.:
nihil nisi quod honestum decorumque sit admirari,Cic. Off. 1, 20:
omnino si quicquam est decorum, nihil est profecto magis, quam aequabilitas universae vitae,id. ib. 1, 31, 111; Quint. 5, 10, 40 al.:
actuariis minutis Patras accedere ... non satis visum est decorum,Cic. Att. 5, 9; so with a subject-clause, id. ib. 4, 16, 3:
dulce et decorum est pro patria mori,Hor. Od. 3, 2, 13; Ov. M. 9, 6 (opp. turpe); cf. ib. 13, 309 al.—
B Subst.: dĕ-cōrum, i, n., in Cic. for the Gr. pre/pon, that which is seemly, suitable; seemliness, fitness, propriety, decorum (for which Quint. uses decor; cf.: decus init.): ut in vita, sic in oratione nihil est difficilius quam quid deceat videre. *pre/pon appellant hoc Graeci: nos dicamus sane decorum; Cic. Or. 21, 70; cf.: id, quod Graece pre/pon dicitur, decorum dici Latine potest, etc., id. Off. 1, 27 sq.; cf. id. ib. 1, 35; Tac. H. 1, 71.—Plur.:
vota pro reditu ejus et alia decora,id. ib. 3, 47:
plura tribuere,id. ib. 3, 5.
II Absol., decorated, ornamented, adorned; elegant, fine, beautiful, handsome (not so in Cic.; but freq. in the poets and historians, esp. in Hor. and Tacit.): delubra deum, * Lucr. 2, 352; cf.:
aedes,Hor. Od. 1, 30, 3; and:
supplicationes et alia decora,Tac. A. 3, 47:
galeae ensesque,Verg. A. 11, 194:
insigne clipei,id. ib. 2, 392:
arma,Sall. C. 7, 4 al.:
membra juventae,Verg. A. 4, 559; cf.:
oculi,id. ib. 11, 480:
pectus,id. ib. 4, 589:
os,Hor. S. 1, 8, 21:
facies,id. ib. 1, 2, 87; Sall. J. 6, 1:
caput,Ov. M. 6, 167:
juventa,Tac. H. 1, 53:
genus,id. A. 6, 27 al.:
palaestra,noble, skilful, Hor. Od. 1, 10, 3:
verba,id. S. 2, 7, 41; id. Ep. 2, 1, 73:
temporibus Augusti dicendis non defuere decora ingenia,Tac. A. 1, 1.—Sup.: Zeus decorissimus, Apul. Mag. 4, p. 276, 4.—
(b) With abl., adorned with any thing; shining, beautiful with any thing:
ductores ostro decori,Verg. A. 5, 133; cf. id. ib. 12, 126:
Phoebus fulgente arcu,Hor. Carm. Sec. 61:
Bacchus aureo cornu,id. Od. 2, 19, 30:
Medi pharetrā,id. ib. 2, 16, 2:
dea formāque armisque,Ov. M. 2, 773:
satis decorus etiam Graeca facundia,Tac. H. 2, 80.— With ab:
voces decorae ab aspectu,Col. 6, 1.Adv.: dĕcōrē.
1 (Acc. to no. I.) Suitably, properly, decorously:
ut ea si non decore, at quam minime indecore facere possimus,Cic. Off. 1, 31 fin.; cf. id. de Or. 1, 32, 144; 3, 47, 182; Sall. J. 100 fin.—*
2 (acc. to no. II.), elegantly, charmingly, beautifully: formata d. Jovis species, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 20 (cf. above, decora delubra deum).