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
- T
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...etsi est dedecori, patiar, facere inducam animum: egon, cum haec cum illo accubet, inspectem? BACCH. Immo equidem..." - T
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...manus sis admolitus,] ubi eris damno, molestiae et dedecori saepe fueris, ubi creditum quod sit tibi datum esse..." - T
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Durare nequeo in aedibus. ita me probri, stupri, dedecoris a viro argutam meo! ea quae sunt facta infecta..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...vicit, fascesque pudet rapuisse Catoni. Namque — hoc dedecoris populo morumque ruina — non homo pulsus erat..." - M
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..." - P
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..." - G
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..." - T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...aedis meam: nisi mihi supplicium stimuleum de datur, dedecoris pleniorem erum faciam tuom, quam magno vento plenumst undarum..."
