verb

dē-dĕcet

3rd PP cuit · conj. 2nd

it is unseemly, unsuitable, unbecoming •

v. impers. (very rarely pers., v. infra, II.), it is unseemly, unsuitable, unbecoming: decere quasi aptum esse consentaneumque tempori et personae, etc.... contraque item dedecere, Cic. Or. 22, 74.—

Prop. (class.; usually connected with a negation), construed like decet (q.…

Prop. (class.; usually connected with a negation), construed like decet (q. v.), with nom. or inf. rei, and with acc. pers. or absol.

Neque te ministrum dedecet myrtus neque me sub arta vite bibentem, Hor. Od. 1,… •

Neque te ministrum dedecet myrtus neque me sub arta vite bibentem, Hor. Od. 1, 38, 7: me usus precum, Ov. M. 6, 689: nihil se, id. Rem. Am. 410. In plur.: nec dominam motae dedecuere comae, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 12; 3, 15, 4.—

Ut, si quid dedeceat, vitemus, Cic. Off. 1, 41: vox, Quint. 11, 3, 104.— •

Ut, si quid dedeceat, vitemus, Cic. Off. 1, 41: vox, Quint. 11, 3, 104.—

Oratorem irasci minime decet, simulare non dedecet, Cic. Tusc. 4, 25; Ov. A. A.… •

Oratorem irasci minime decet, simulare non dedecet, Cic. Tusc. 4, 25; Ov. A. A. 2, 530: togam removeri, Quint. 11, 3, 124.—

(Togae) extremam oram rejecisse non dedecet, Quint. 11, 3, 140; Hor. Od. 2, 12,…

(Togae) extremam oram rejecisse non dedecet, Quint. 11, 3, 140; Hor. Od. 2, 12, 17.—

Ut iis, quae habent, modice et scienter utantur, et ut ne dedeceat, Cic. de Or.…

Ut iis, quae habent, modice et scienter utantur, et ut ne dedeceat, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 132. —

person; to dishonor, neglect poetic •

By poet. license person. as a v. a., to dishonor, neglect a thing: si non dedecui tua jussa, Stat. Th. 10, 340: Atticus Claudiorum imagines dedecere videbatur, Tac. A. 2, 43.

Perseus ID: n12607 Key: dedecet