decuerint
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. futperf. act. ind. 3rdpl. perf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...modo: duo vero uni adposita ne versum quidem decuerint. sunt autem quibus non videatur hic omnino tropos quia..."BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...ducem illis, non animum mutatum; quae ab imperatore decuerint omnia suis provisa, locum superiorem, ut prudentes cum imperitis..."