decuisses
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. pluperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
de Spectaculis
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial) from EPIGRAMMATON LIBRI
"...ignota spectandum mole leonem, herculeas potuit qui decuisse manus, et uolucrem longo porrexit uulnere pardum. Praemia cum tandem..."Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...tanta indulgentia cunno quem nec casta potest iam decuisse Venus. Perpetuam di te faciant Philerotis amicam, o mater..."
