decorus

Latin

Etymology

From decor + -us, compare honōrus, from honor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɛˈkoː.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈkɔː.rus]

Adjective

decōrus (feminine decōra, neuter decōrum, adverb decōrē); first/second-declension adjective

1. becoming, fitting, proper, suitable
   • 23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horatius, Carmina 3.2.13:

     Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

     Sweet and fitting it is to die for one's fatherland.

2. decorated, adorned; elegant, fine, beautiful
3. graceful

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	decōrus	decōra	decōrum		decōrī	decōrae	decōra
genitive	decōrī	decōrae	decōrī		decōrōrum	decōrārum	decōrōrum
dative	decōrō	decōrae	decōrō		decōrīs
accusative	decōrum	decōram	decōrum		decōrōs	decōrās	decōra
ablative	decōrō	decōrā	decōrō		decōrīs
vocative	decōre	decōra	decōrum		decōrī	decōrae	decōra

Antonyms

• indecōrus

Derived terms

• decōrum
• dēdecōrus

References

• “decorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “decorus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.