decuerit
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;
sg. futperf. act. ind. 3rdsg. perf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...accidit, calculorum purus sermo et dissimilis curae magis decuerit. An non pudeat certam creditam perihodis postulare aut circa..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...adventu legionis. neque aciem aut proelium dici decuerit in quo semermi ac palantes trucidati sunt sine nostro sanguine..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...ingredientemque pedibus maritum, in quantum patitur sexus, imitetur? Decuerit hoc illam, etiamsi diversa tu facias. Sub hac vero..."