decore Latin · revision 35991

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la decet}}

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''decōrē''' (comparative decōrius, superlative decōrissimē)^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|decōrus|-ē|t1=fitting, handsome]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan explains the long /ō/ of that adjective from the noun [[m|la|decor|t=beauty]], which may have been formed to [[m|la|decet|t=it is fitting]]; that verb goes back to [[ine-pro|*deḱ-eh₁-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it with the negative ''hau'', of someone who looked after his own back in no seemly way.^(OLD 2012)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means both properly or suitably, as when Sallust speaks of public affairs managed well and fittingly,^(OLD 2012) and beautifully: in his poem on his consulship Cicero describes a beautifully formed statue of Jupiter, and in ''De oratore'' rhythmical feet that fall gracefully.^(OLD 2012) Later writers use it of hair flowing gracefully and of a head crowned with palm.^(OLD 2012)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of seemly behaviour.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of beauty and grace.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of public affairs properly managed.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of a head crowned with palm.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|beautiful|alt=Beautifully]], [[m|en|gracefully]], elegantly.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|proper|alt=Properly]], suitably, becomingly.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[decor]]

+ * [[decorō]]

+ * [[decorōsus]]

+ * [[decōrum]]

+ * [[decōrus]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}