decus
See also: déçus
Esperanto edit
Verb edit
decus
- conditional of deci
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *dekos (“dignity”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱos (“that which is proper”), from *deḱ- (“take, perceive”).[1] Compare with decor.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈde.kus/, [ˈd̪ɛkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.kus/, [ˈd̪ɛːkus]
Noun edit
decus n (genitive decoris); third declension
- honor, distinction, glory
- pride, dignity
- grace, splendor, ornament, beauty
- Synonyms: faciēs, pulchritūdō, decor
- Antonyms: dēdecus, dehonestāmentum
- (in the plural) deeds of honor, honorable achievements
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | decus | decora |
Genitive | decoris | decorum |
Dative | decorī | decoribus |
Accusative | decus | decora |
Ablative | decore | decoribus |
Vocative | decus | decora |
Derived terms edit
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References edit
- “decus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “decus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- decus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- decus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “decet”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 164