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
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..."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..."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..."