decebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →deceo, decere, decui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Impersonal
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
it is fitting/right/seemly/suitable/proper; it ought; become/adorn/grace;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...alia moderationis verecundiaeque verba, quae formam eius egregie decebant. <. . .> [XCIV] EVMOLPVS AD GITONEM. "O felicem, inquit, matrem tuam..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...omnibus omnis erit. Pulla decent niveas: Briseida pulla decebant: Cum rapta est, pulla tum quoque veste fuit. Alba..."