indecorus Latin · revision 32879

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la decet}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪn.dɛˈkoː.rʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [in.deˈkɔː.rus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''indecōrus''' (feminine indecōra, neuter indecōrum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|decōrus|t1=not|t2=seemly]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan derives [[m|la|decōrus]] from [[itc-pro|*dekōs-o-|t=with beauty]], built on the noun [[m|la|decor]], itself formed to [[m|la|decet|t=it is fitting]]; he dates ⟨indecōrus⟩ from Cicero.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Cicero, who sets it against [[decorus|alt=decōrus]]: what is done with a great spirit seems worthy and seemly, the opposite base and unseemly.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Cicero adds that "let them hate, as long as they fear" would seem unseemly from Aeacus or Minos, who were known to be just.^(OLD 2012) It is also unsightly: Livy has dancers whose movements were not ungraceful.^(OLD 2012) Horace calls the dust that soils generals not inglorious.^(OLD 2012) Glossaries explain it as foul and dishonourable.^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it unbecoming, shameful.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of unseemly acts.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of inglorious dust.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of graceless movements.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Unpleasing in appearance, ungraceful, [[m|en|unsightly]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|unbecoming|alt=Unbecoming]], unseemly, [[m|en|indecorous]], shameful.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Not worthy of honour, inglorious.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[decorus|alt=decōrus]]

+ * [[decet]]

+ * [[indecoris]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}