dĕ-cōrum

dĕcōrus, a, um, adj. [decor], Gr. euprepês.

Becoming, fitting, seemly, proper, suitable, decorous (class.).

With dat.:

QVAE QVOIQVE DIVO DECORAE GRATAEQVE SINT HOSTIAE PROVIDENTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20:

color albus praecipue decorus deo est,

id. ib. 2, 18, 45:

quod virginitati decorum,

Liv. 2, 13; Quint. 11, 3, 101; cf. ib. § 104, and 11, [p. 523] 1, 33 al.:

decorum erat tum ipsis capessere pugnam ducibus,

Liv. 2, 6; cf. Tac. A. 1, 12. —

With abl. (after the analogy of dignus):

(facinora puerilia) neque te decora neque tuis virtutibus,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 24 (cf. id. Aul. 2, 2, 43).—

With ad (after the analogy of aptus, accommodatus, etc.):

nos auri venas invenimus et ad usum aptas et ad ornatum decoras,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151.—

With pro:

decorum pro causa ratus,

Tac. H. 3, 7.—

Absol.:

decorus est senis sermo, quietus et remissus,

Cic. de Sen. 9, 28; cf.:

vox et actio,

Quint. 10, 1, 17:

silentium,

Hor. Od. 4, 1, 35 et saep.:

nihil nisi quod honestum decorumque sit admirari,

Cic. Off. 1, 20:

omnino si quicquam est decorum, nihil est profecto magis, quam aequabilitas universae vitae,

id. ib. 1, 31, 111; Quint. 5, 10, 40 al.:

actuariis minutis Patras accedere... non satis visum est decorum,

Cic. Att. 5, 9; so with a subject-clause, id. ib. 4, 16, 3:

dulce et decorum est pro patria mori,

Hor. Od. 3, 2, 13; Ov. M. 9, 6 (opp. turpe); cf. ib. 13, 309 al.—

Subst.: dĕ-cōrum, i, n., in Cic. for the Gr. prepon, that which is seemly, suitable; seemliness, fitness, propriety, decorum (for which Quint. uses decor; cf.: decus init.): ut in vita, sic in oratione nihil est difficilius quam quid deceat videre. Prepon appellant hoc Graeci: nos dicamus sane decorum; Cic. Or. 21, 70; cf.: id, quod Graece prepon dicitur, decorum dici Latine potest, etc., id. Off. 1, 27 sq.; cf. id. ib. 1, 35; Tac. H. 1, 71.— Plur.:

vota pro reditu ejus et alia decora,

id. ib. 3, 47:

plura tribuere,

id. ib. 3, 5.

Absol., decorated, ornamented, adorned; elegant, fine, beautiful, handsome (not so in Cic.; but freq. in the poets and historians, esp. in Hor. and Tacit.): delubra deum, * Lucr. 2, 352; cf.:

aedes,

Hor. Od. 1, 30, 3; and:

supplicationes et alia decora,

Tac. A. 3, 47:

galeae ensesque,

Verg. A. 11, 194:

insigne clipei,

id. ib. 2, 392:

arma,

Sall. C. 7, 4 al.:

membra juventae,

Verg. A. 4, 559; cf.:

oculi,

id. ib. 11, 480:

pectus,

id. ib. 4, 589:

os,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 21:

facies,

id. ib. 1, 2, 87; Sall. J. 6, 1:

caput,

Ov. M. 6, 167:

juventa,

Tac. H. 1, 53:

genus,

id. A. 6, 27 al.:

palaestra,

noble, skilful, Hor. Od. 1, 10, 3:

verba,

id. S. 2, 7, 41; id. Ep. 2, 1, 73:

temporibus Augusti dicendis non defuere decora ingenia,

Tac. A. 1, 1.— Sup.: Zeus decorissimus, Apul. Mag. 4, p. 276, 4.—

With abl., adorned with any thing; shining, beautiful with any thing:

ductores ostro decori,

Verg. A. 5, 133; cf. id. ib. 12, 126:

Phoebus fulgente arcu,

Hor. Carm. Sec. 61:

Bacchus aureo cornu,

id. Od. 2, 19, 30:

Medi pharetrā,

id. ib. 2, 16, 2:

dea formāque armisque,

Ov. M. 2, 773:

satis decorus etiam Graeca facundia,

Tac. H. 2, 80.— With ab:

voces decorae ab aspectu,

Col. 6, 1. Adv.: dĕcōrē.

(Acc. to no. I.) Suitably, properly, decorously:

ut ea si non decore, at quam minime indecore facere possimus,

Cic. Off. 1, 31 fin.; cf. id. de Or. 1, 32, 144; 3, 47, 182; Sall. J. 100 fin. —

(acc. to no. II.), elegantly, charmingly, beautifully: formata d. Jovis species, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 20 (cf. above, decora delubra deum).

dĕcōrus, a, um, adj. [decor], Gr. euprepês.

Becoming, fitting, seemly, proper, suitable, decorous (class.).

With dat.:

QVAE QVOIQVE DIVO DECORAE GRATAEQVE SINT HOSTIAE PROVIDENTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20:

color albus praecipue decorus deo est,

id. ib. 2, 18, 45:

quod virginitati decorum,

Liv. 2, 13; Quint. 11, 3, 101; cf. ib. § 104, and 11, [p. 523] 1, 33 al.:

decorum erat tum ipsis capessere pugnam ducibus,

Liv. 2, 6; cf. Tac. A. 1, 12. —

With abl. (after the analogy of dignus):

(facinora puerilia) neque te decora neque tuis virtutibus,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 24 (cf. id. Aul. 2, 2, 43).—

With ad (after the analogy of aptus, accommodatus, etc.):

nos auri venas invenimus et ad usum aptas et ad ornatum decoras,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151.—

With pro:

decorum pro causa ratus,

Tac. H. 3, 7.—

Absol.:

decorus est senis sermo, quietus et remissus,

Cic. de Sen. 9, 28; cf.:

vox et actio,

Quint. 10, 1, 17:

silentium,

Hor. Od. 4, 1, 35 et saep.:

nihil nisi quod honestum decorumque sit admirari,

Cic. Off. 1, 20:

omnino si quicquam est decorum, nihil est profecto magis, quam aequabilitas universae vitae,

id. ib. 1, 31, 111; Quint. 5, 10, 40 al.:

actuariis minutis Patras accedere... non satis visum est decorum,

Cic. Att. 5, 9; so with a subject-clause, id. ib. 4, 16, 3:

dulce et decorum est pro patria mori,

Hor. Od. 3, 2, 13; Ov. M. 9, 6 (opp. turpe); cf. ib. 13, 309 al.—

Subst.: dĕ-cōrum, i, n., in Cic. for the Gr. prepon, that which is seemly, suitable; seemliness, fitness, propriety, decorum (for which Quint. uses decor; cf.: decus init.): ut in vita, sic in oratione nihil est difficilius quam quid deceat videre. Prepon appellant hoc Graeci: nos dicamus sane decorum; Cic. Or. 21, 70; cf.: id, quod Graece prepon dicitur, decorum dici Latine potest, etc., id. Off. 1, 27 sq.; cf. id. ib. 1, 35; Tac. H. 1, 71.— Plur.:

vota pro reditu ejus et alia decora,

id. ib. 3, 47:

plura tribuere,

id. ib. 3, 5.

Absol., decorated, ornamented, adorned; elegant, fine, beautiful, handsome (not so in Cic.; but freq. in the poets and historians, esp. in Hor. and Tacit.): delubra deum, * Lucr. 2, 352; cf.:

aedes,

Hor. Od. 1, 30, 3; and:

supplicationes et alia decora,

Tac. A. 3, 47:

galeae ensesque,

Verg. A. 11, 194:

insigne clipei,

id. ib. 2, 392:

arma,

Sall. C. 7, 4 al.:

membra juventae,

Verg. A. 4, 559; cf.:

oculi,

id. ib. 11, 480:

pectus,

id. ib. 4, 589:

os,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 21:

facies,

id. ib. 1, 2, 87; Sall. J. 6, 1:

caput,

Ov. M. 6, 167:

juventa,

Tac. H. 1, 53:

genus,

id. A. 6, 27 al.:

palaestra,

noble, skilful, Hor. Od. 1, 10, 3:

verba,

id. S. 2, 7, 41; id. Ep. 2, 1, 73:

temporibus Augusti dicendis non defuere decora ingenia,

Tac. A. 1, 1.— Sup.: Zeus decorissimus, Apul. Mag. 4, p. 276, 4.—

With abl., adorned with any thing; shining, beautiful with any thing:

ductores ostro decori,

Verg. A. 5, 133; cf. id. ib. 12, 126:

Phoebus fulgente arcu,

Hor. Carm. Sec. 61:

Bacchus aureo cornu,

id. Od. 2, 19, 30:

Medi pharetrā,

id. ib. 2, 16, 2:

dea formāque armisque,

Ov. M. 2, 773:

satis decorus etiam Graeca facundia,

Tac. H. 2, 80.— With ab:

voces decorae ab aspectu,

Col. 6, 1. Adv.: dĕcōrē.

(Acc. to no. I.) Suitably, properly, decorously:

ut ea si non decore, at quam minime indecore facere possimus,

Cic. Off. 1, 31 fin.; cf. id. de Or. 1, 32, 144; 3, 47, 182; Sall. J. 100 fin. —

(acc. to no. II.), elegantly, charmingly, beautifully: formata d. Jovis species, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 20 (cf. above, decora delubra deum).

hac-tĕnus (a strengthened archaic form, hacĕtĕnus, acc. to Mar. Victor. p. 2457 P.—Separated per tmesin, Verg. A. 5, 603; 6, 62; Ov. M. 5, 642), adv. [hic- tenus; lit., as far as to this side; hence], to indicate a limit, so far, thus far (cf. hucusque).

In space.

Lit. (very rare), to this place, thus far:

hactenus summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

Ov. M. 13, 700:

hactenus dominum est illa secuta suum,

id. Tr. 1, 10, 22; id. Am. 2, 11, 16; cf.:

hactenus in occidentem Germaniam novimus,

Tac. G. 35 init.:

hac Trojana tenus fuerit fortuna secuta,

Verg. A. 6, 62.—Far more freq. and class. (esp. freq. in Cic.),

Transf., to indicate the limit of a discourse or of an extract, thus far, to this point, no further than this:

hactenus mihi videor de amicitia quid sentirem potuisse dicere,

Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

hactenus admirabor corum tarditatem, qui, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 10, 24:

hactenus fuit, quod caute a me scribi posset,

id. Att. 11, 4, 2:

externae arbores hactenus fere sunt,

Plin. 14, 1, 1, § 1; cf. id. 14, 3, 4, § 36:

sed me hactenus cedentem nemo insequatur ultra,

Quint. 12, 10, 47:

verum hactenus evagari satis fuerit,

id. 2, 4, 32;

so after a quotation: hactenus Trogus,

Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 276:

hactenus Varro,

id. 14, 14, 17, § 96.—

In this sense usually ellipt., esp. as a formula of transition:

sed, si placet, in hunc diem hactenus: reliqua differamus in crastinum,

thus far for to-day, Cic. Rep. 2, 44, 4 fin.: ergo [p. 837] haec quoque hactenus:

redeo ad urbana,

id. Att. 5, 13, 2: sed haec hactenus: nunc, etc., so much for this (very freq.), id. Div. 2, 24, 53; id. Lael. 15, 55; id. Att. 13, 21, 4; Quint. 4, 2, 30 et saep.:

haec hactenus,

Cic. Att. 16, 6, 2:

sed de hoc loco plura in aliis: nunc hactenus,

id. Div. 2, 36, 76:

hactenus haec,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 63:

sed hactenus, praesertim, etc.,

Cic. Att. 5, 13, 1; so,

sed hactenus,

id. ib. 9, 7, 3; 13, 9, 1; 14, 17, 2; Plin. 36, 6, 5, § 46:

de litteris hactenus,

Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 1; 3, 7, 3; 16, 24, 1; id. Att. 6, 2, 1 al.:

hactenus de soloecismo,

Quint. 1, 5, 54:

hactenus ergo de studiis... proximus liber, etc.,

id. 1, 12, 19:

hactenus de poëtis,

Lact. 1, 5, 15:

hactenus de mundo,

Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 102; 15, 8, 8, § 34:

hactenus, et pariter vitam cum sanguine fudit,

Ov. M. 2, 610:

hactenus et gemuit,

id. ib. 10, 423:

hactenus: ut vivo subiit,

id. F. 5, 661:

hactenus Aeacides,

id. M. 12, 82; 14, 512.—

In time, to indicate a limit, up to this time, thus far, so long, till now, hitherto, no longer than this ( poet. and post-Aug.):

hactenus quietae utrimque stationes fuere: postquam, etc.,

Liv. 7, 26, 6:

hactenus pro libertate, mox de finibus pugnatum est,

Flor. 1, 11, 5; Ov. M. 5, 250:

hac celebrata tenus sancto certamina patri,

Verg. A. 5, 603; 11, 823:

dispecta est et Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems abdebat,

Tac. Agr. 10; id. A. 13, 47.—

In extent.

Absol., opp. to more, to this extent, so much, only so much, only (very rare, and not anteAug.):

Burrum sciscitanti hactenus respondisse: ego me bene habeo,

Tac. A. 14, 51;

so ellipt.,

Suet. Dom. 16.—Far more freq. and class.,

Relat., like eatenus, to this extent that, so much as, so far as, as far as;

corresp. with quatenus, quoad, quod, si, ut (so most freq.), ne: hactenus non vertit (in rem), quatenus domino debet: quod excedit, vertit,

Dig. 15, 3, 10, § 7:

hactenus existimo nostram consolationem recte adhibitam esse, quoad certior ab homine amicissimo fieres iis de rebus, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3:

patrem familiae hactenus ago, quod aliquam partem praediorum percurro,

Plin. Ep. 9, 15, 3: meritoria officia sunt;

hactenus utilia, si praeparant ingenium, non detinent,

Sen. Ep. 88.—With ut:

haec artem quidem et praecepta duntaxat hactenus requirunt, ut certis dicendi luminibus ornentur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 119; id. Div. 1, 8, 13; Hor. S. 1, 2, 123; Ov. H. 15, 156.—With ne:

curandus autem hactenus, ne quid ad senatum, etc.,

Cic. Att. 5, 4, 2; Quint. 6, 2, 3; Tac. A. 14, 7; cf.:

(eum) interficere constituit, hactenus consultans, veneno an ferro vel qua alia vi,

id. ib. 14, 3 init.

hac-tĕnus (a strengthened archaic form, hacĕtĕnus, acc. to Mar. Victor. p. 2457 P.—Separated per tmesin, Verg. A. 5, 603; 6, 62; Ov. M. 5, 642), adv. [hic- tenus; lit., as far as to this side; hence], to indicate a limit, so far, thus far (cf. hucusque).

In space.

Lit. (very rare), to this place, thus far:

hactenus summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

Ov. M. 13, 700:

hactenus dominum est illa secuta suum,

id. Tr. 1, 10, 22; id. Am. 2, 11, 16; cf.:

hactenus in occidentem Germaniam novimus,

Tac. G. 35 init.:

hac Trojana tenus fuerit fortuna secuta,

Verg. A. 6, 62.—Far more freq. and class. (esp. freq. in Cic.),

Transf., to indicate the limit of a discourse or of an extract, thus far, to this point, no further than this:

hactenus mihi videor de amicitia quid sentirem potuisse dicere,

Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

hactenus admirabor corum tarditatem, qui, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 10, 24:

hactenus fuit, quod caute a me scribi posset,

id. Att. 11, 4, 2:

externae arbores hactenus fere sunt,

Plin. 14, 1, 1, § 1; cf. id. 14, 3, 4, § 36:

sed me hactenus cedentem nemo insequatur ultra,

Quint. 12, 10, 47:

verum hactenus evagari satis fuerit,

id. 2, 4, 32;

so after a quotation: hactenus Trogus,

Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 276:

hactenus Varro,

id. 14, 14, 17, § 96.—

In this sense usually ellipt., esp. as a formula of transition:

sed, si placet, in hunc diem hactenus: reliqua differamus in crastinum,

thus far for to-day, Cic. Rep. 2, 44, 4 fin.: ergo [p. 837] haec quoque hactenus:

redeo ad urbana,

id. Att. 5, 13, 2: sed haec hactenus: nunc, etc., so much for this (very freq.), id. Div. 2, 24, 53; id. Lael. 15, 55; id. Att. 13, 21, 4; Quint. 4, 2, 30 et saep.:

haec hactenus,

Cic. Att. 16, 6, 2:

sed de hoc loco plura in aliis: nunc hactenus,

id. Div. 2, 36, 76:

hactenus haec,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 63:

sed hactenus, praesertim, etc.,

Cic. Att. 5, 13, 1; so,

sed hactenus,

id. ib. 9, 7, 3; 13, 9, 1; 14, 17, 2; Plin. 36, 6, 5, § 46:

de litteris hactenus,

Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 1; 3, 7, 3; 16, 24, 1; id. Att. 6, 2, 1 al.:

hactenus de soloecismo,

Quint. 1, 5, 54:

hactenus ergo de studiis... proximus liber, etc.,

id. 1, 12, 19:

hactenus de poëtis,

Lact. 1, 5, 15:

hactenus de mundo,

Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 102; 15, 8, 8, § 34:

hactenus, et pariter vitam cum sanguine fudit,

Ov. M. 2, 610:

hactenus et gemuit,

id. ib. 10, 423:

hactenus: ut vivo subiit,

id. F. 5, 661:

hactenus Aeacides,

id. M. 12, 82; 14, 512.—

In time, to indicate a limit, up to this time, thus far, so long, till now, hitherto, no longer than this ( poet. and post-Aug.):

hactenus quietae utrimque stationes fuere: postquam, etc.,

Liv. 7, 26, 6:

hactenus pro libertate, mox de finibus pugnatum est,

Flor. 1, 11, 5; Ov. M. 5, 250:

hac celebrata tenus sancto certamina patri,

Verg. A. 5, 603; 11, 823:

dispecta est et Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems abdebat,

Tac. Agr. 10; id. A. 13, 47.—

In extent.

Absol., opp. to more, to this extent, so much, only so much, only (very rare, and not anteAug.):

Burrum sciscitanti hactenus respondisse: ego me bene habeo,

Tac. A. 14, 51;

so ellipt.,

Suet. Dom. 16.—Far more freq. and class.,

Relat., like eatenus, to this extent that, so much as, so far as, as far as;

corresp. with quatenus, quoad, quod, si, ut (so most freq.), ne: hactenus non vertit (in rem), quatenus domino debet: quod excedit, vertit,

Dig. 15, 3, 10, § 7:

hactenus existimo nostram consolationem recte adhibitam esse, quoad certior ab homine amicissimo fieres iis de rebus, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3:

patrem familiae hactenus ago, quod aliquam partem praediorum percurro,

Plin. Ep. 9, 15, 3: meritoria officia sunt;

hactenus utilia, si praeparant ingenium, non detinent,

Sen. Ep. 88.—With ut:

haec artem quidem et praecepta duntaxat hactenus requirunt, ut certis dicendi luminibus ornentur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 119; id. Div. 1, 8, 13; Hor. S. 1, 2, 123; Ov. H. 15, 156.—With ne:

curandus autem hactenus, ne quid ad senatum, etc.,

Cic. Att. 5, 4, 2; Quint. 6, 2, 3; Tac. A. 14, 7; cf.:

(eum) interficere constituit, hactenus consultans, veneno an ferro vel qua alia vi,

id. ib. 14, 3 init.