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decorus

decorus

Latin

Etymologe

From decor.

Adjective

decōrus m ‎(feminine decōra, neuter decōrum); first/second declension

becoming, fitting, proper, suitable
- 23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horace, Odes 3.2.13
  Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
  Sweet and fitting it is to die for one's fatherland.
decorated, adorned; elegant, fine, beautiful

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
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

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
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “decorus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.