decentius
Dictionary entries
- Entry →decens, decentis (gen.), decentior -or -us, decentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
appropriate, decent/seemly/becoming, in approved standard; pleasing/graceful;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →decenter, decentius, decentissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
appropriately/decently, with good taste; becomingly, pleasingly, gracefully;
Examples
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Sicula non mitior aula. nam si constituit solitoque decentius optat ornari et properat iamque expectatur in hortis..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...adsertione aut in centumviralibus iudiciis duplicibus, parte victa decentius erit, quotiens contigerit, servare iudicum pudorem..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...levandum varietate fastidium sive ad quaedam vel decentius indicanda vel tutius. XXII. Sed antequam quae cuique rei figura..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quia significantius est aut, ut dixi, quia decentius. Vbi nihil horum praestabit quod transferetur, inproprium erit. Necessitate rustici..."
