English → Latin
“seemly” in Latin
decōrusbecoming, fitting, proper, suitable; decorated, adorned; elegant, fine, beautiful; gracefuldecetto adorn; to be decent, suitable, seemly, or properhonestusfull of or regarded with honor; honorable; of high birth; noble; distinguished; respectable; eminent; bring or deservingturpisugly, unsightly; foul, filthy; cacophonous, disagreeable; base, infamous, scandalous, dishonorable, shameful, disgracefudecushonor, distinction, glory; pride, dignity; grace, splendor, ornament, beauty
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
seemly
decorus: decens (becoming; opposed to indecorus): honestus (honorable; opposed to inhonestus, turpis). To be seemly, decorum, honestum esse alicui; decere (with an accusative of the person to whom anything is seemly): it is seemly, aequum est, par est (followed by an infinitive): it is seemly that, etc., con venit (folloiued by an accusative and infinitive; Vid: Benecke, Cic., Cat., 1, 2, 4): it is not seemly, non decet: it is not at all seemly, etc., minime decet (both followed by an accusative and infinitive; e.g., oratorem irasci minime decet). “It is seemly for,” may frequently be rendered by est with a genitive; e.g., est juvenis, “it is seemly for a young man.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for seemly?
- The usual Latin words for “seemly” are decōrus, decet, honestus; also turpis, decus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.