dedecore
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dedecorus, dedecora, dedecorum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
dishonorable/disgraceful/discreditable/shameful; dishonoring; causing disgrace;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →dedecor, (gen.), dedecoris:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
dishonorable, shameful; unseemly, unbecoming (L+S);
abl. sg. (all) - Entry →dedecus, dedecoris:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
disgrace/dishonor/discredit/shame/infamy; misbehavior; vice, turpitude (L+S);; shameful/repulsive appearance; blot, blemish (L+S); vicious act, shameful deed;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- T
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...istos moror faeceos mores, turbidos, quibus boni dedecorant se. haec tibi si mea imperia capesses, multa bona..." - T
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...petimus, spero ab eo impetrassere; adversari sine dedecore et scelere summo haud possumus, neque equidem id factura neque..." - L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...potuerunt largiri facilem exitum praestant, hic damnatos cum dedecore et traductione uita exigit, non quia delectetur ullius poena..." - G
Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...notare conatus, magna inquisitorum neglegentia sed suo maiore dedecore, innoxios fere repperit, quibuscumque caelibatum aut orbitatem aut egestatem..." - M
Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...minus homines tenebras et solitudinem nacti nullo dedecore se abstineant, nisi eos per se foeditate sua turpitudo ipsa..." - T
Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...hoste militis curam reprehendi posse; ab eo se dedecore nullam rem aliam quam virtutem militum vindicaturam. Coniterentur modo..." - G
Epistola ad Caesarem II
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust) from SPURIA
"...aetas ne per otium quidem tales voluptates sine dedecore attigerit. De bello satis dictum. V. De pace firmanda..." - G
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...Nunc neque vivere libet neque mori licet sine dedecore. Patres conscripti, per vos, per liberos atque parentis vestros..."
