dedecueritis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dedeco, dedecere, dedecui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Impersonal
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be unsuitable/unbecoming to; bring disgrace/dishonor upon; (also TRANS);
pl. futperf. act. ind. 2ndpl. perf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...conposui, Paeligni ruris alumnus — nec me deliciae dedecuere meae — siquid id est, usque a proavis vetus ordinis heres..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...digestos potui laniare capillos? nec dominam motae dedecuere comae. sic formosa fuit. talem Schoeneida dicam Maenalias arcu sollicitasse..."
