noun · masculinethird declension
decor
decor m (genitive decōris)
Classical[ˈdɛ.kɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈdɛː.kor]
Meaning
- masculineelegance, grace
- masculinebeauty, charm
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
fōrma pulchradecor -ōris (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 3, 12
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | decor | decōrēs |
| genitive | decōris | decōrum |
| dative | decōrī | decōribus |
| accusative | decōrem | decōrēs |
| ablative | decōre | decōribus |
| vocative | decor | decōrēs |
dĕcor, ōris, m. deceo,
I. what is seemly, becoming; comeliness, elegance, grace, beauty, ornament (poet. word; in prose perh. not before the Aug. per.; esp. freq. in Quint.; v. decus).
I. In gen.:
Mobilibusque decor naturis dandus et annis, Hor. A. P. 157; cf.: suus cuique decor est, Quint. 10, 2, 22; cf. also decor quoque a gestu atque a motu venit, id. 11, 3, 67; and est et in incessu pars non temnenda decoris, etc., Ov. A. A. 3, 299: divini signa decoris, Verg. A. 5, 647: ovibus sua lana decori est, Ov. M. 13, 849; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 11, 29.—In rhetor. lang.: non decorem compositionis quaerimus, sed facilitatem, Quint. 9, 4, 145; cf. id. 9, 4, 44: quantum fuerit illis viris decoris in rebus atque personis, id. 10, 2, 27 et saep.—In architecture: decor est emendatus operis aspectus probatis rebus compositi cum auctoritate, etc., Vitr. 1, 2.—In plur.: varii scenai, Lucr. 4, 984.—II. In partic., of personal comeliness, charms, beauty (cf.: decens, no. 2):
fugit retro Levis Juventa et Decor, Hor. Od. 2, 11, 6; Tib. 4, 2, 8; Ov. M. 1, 488; Curt. 8, 4, 23; Tac. H. 2, 1 al.; cf. Vulg. Isa. 33, 17; id. Thren. 1, 6.!*? dĕcor, adj., v. decoris.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
decor ōris, m
DEC-, comeliness, elegance, grace, beauty, charm, ornament : Mobilibusque decor naturis dandus, H.: signa decoris, V.: ovibus sua lana decori est, O.: imperii, Ta.: oris, Ta.— An ornament, decoration : iactura decoris, O.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der. Proto-Indo-European *dḱeh₁yéti Proto-Italic *dekējeti Proto-Italic *dekēt Latin decet Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin decor From decet + -or.
Descendants
- Frenchdécor
- Italiandecoro
- Spanishdecoro