decoro, decorare, decoravi, decoratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
adorn/grace, embellish/add beauty to; glorify, honor/add honor to; do credit to;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | decoro | decoramus |
| 2 | decoras | decoratis |
| 3 | decorat | decorant |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | decorare |
| active | perfect | decoravisse |
| passive | present | decorari |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | decora | decorate |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | decorato | decoratote |
| 3 | decorato | decoranto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | decorare | decoramini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | decorator | — |
| 3 | decorator | decorantor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | decoratus | decorati |
| Gen. | decorati | decoratorum |
| Dat. | decorato | — |
| Acc. | decoratum | decoratos |
| Voc. | decorate | decorati |
| Abl. | decorato | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | decorata | decoratae |
| Gen. | decoratae | decoratarum |
| Dat. | decoratae | — |
| Acc. | decoratam | decoratas |
| Voc. | decorata | decoratae |
| Abl. | decorata | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | decoratum | decorata |
| Gen. | decorati | decoratorum |
| Dat. | decorato | — |
| Acc. | decoratum | decorata |
| Voc. | decoratum | decorata |
| Abl. | decorato | — |
Gerundive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | decorandus | — |
| Gen. | decorandi | — |
| Dat. | decorando | — |
| Acc. | decorandum | — |
| Voc. | decorande | — |
| Abl. | decorando | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | decoranda | — |
| Gen. | decorandae | — |
| Dat. | decorandae | — |
| Acc. | decorandam | — |
| Voc. | decoranda | — |
| Abl. | decoranda | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | decorandum | — |
| Gen. | decorandi | — |
| Dat. | decorando | — |
| Acc. | decorandum | — |
| Voc. | decorandum | — |
| Abl. | decorando | — |
Supines
accusative: decoratum; ablative: decoratu
Examples
- A
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...discipulos adulescentes de vestitu atque calciatu non decoro. XXIII. ... XXIV. ... XXV. Quaesitum tractatumque, quid sint "manubiae"; atque inibi..." - A
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...discipulos adulescentes de vestitu atque calciatu non decoro. I. T. Castricius, rhetoricae disciplinae doctor, qui habuit Romae locum..." - L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...scire quid illa eruerit, quid effecerit? Non decoros corporis motus nec varios per tubam ac tibiam cantus, quibus..." - L
Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...maestus futuro funere. exultat et ponit gradus pater decoros Dardanus. [Cho.] Iam peruagatus ipse se fregit furor, caditque..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...eadem illa succurrit ancilla, sevocatumque me non minus decoro exornavit capillamento; immo commendatior vultus enituit, quia flavum corymbion..." 
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...decus ingeniumque parentis, bellipotens, cui torua genis horrore decoro cassis, et asperso crudescit sanguine Gorgon, nec magis ardentes..."- P
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...bracchia ferro, olim arbos, nunc artificis manus aere decoro inclusit patribusque dedit gestare Latinis.' talibus inter se firmabant..." - P
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...spolia occisis derepta Latinis coniciunt igni, galeas ensisque decoros frenaque ferventisque rotas; pars munera nota, ipsorum clipeos..."