decentiae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →decentia, decentiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
propriety, decency; comeliness, becomingness;
dat. sg.gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
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Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...celeri pede laberis! non sic prata nouo uere decentia aestatis calidae despoliat uapor (saeuit solstitio cum medius dies..." - P
Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...aesculeae capiebat frondis honorem. nondum laurus erat, longoque decentia crine tempora cingebat de qualibet arbore Phoebus. Primus amor..." - P
Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...aesculeae capiebat frondis honorem. nondum laurus erat, longoque decentia crine tempora cingebat de qualibet arbore Phoebus. Primus amor..."