dedecori
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dedecorus, dedecora, dedecorum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
dishonorable/disgraceful/discreditable/shameful; dishonoring; causing disgrace;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →dedecor, (gen.), dedecoris:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
dishonorable, shameful; unseemly, unbecoming (L+S);
abl. sg. (all)dat. 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;
dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...etsi est dedecori, patiar, facere inducam animum: egon, cum haec cum illo accubet, inspectem? BACCH. Immo equidem..."Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...manus sis admolitus,] ubi eris damno, molestiae et dedecori saepe fueris, ubi creditum quod sit tibi datum esse..."Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Durare nequeo in aedibus. ita me probri, stupri, dedecoris a viro argutam meo! ea quae sunt facta infecta..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...vicit, fascesque pudet rapuisse Catoni. Namque — hoc dedecoris populo morumque ruina — non homo pulsus erat..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...habuisse inter exercitationes accepimus. Neque id veteribus Romanis dedecori fuit: argumentum est sacerdotum nomine ac religione durans..."Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...negabo, adstringens digitos orbe minore tuos. non ego dedecori tibi sum, mea vita, futurus, quodve tener digitus ferre..."de Bello Alexandrino
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...diutius in nostro conspectu gloriari magno nobis et dedecori et dolori est.' Caesar illum adhortatus atque omnibus laudibus..."Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...aedis meam: nisi mihi supplicium stimuleum de datur, dedecoris pleniorem erum faciam tuom, quam magno vento plenumst undarum..."
