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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).

dĕcus, ŏris, n. [Sanscr. daças, fame; Gr. doxa; cf. decet], any thing that ornaments, embellishes, adorns, honors, etc.; ornament, grace, embellishment, splendor, glory, honor, dignity (class. and freq.; a favorite word with Cicero, in oratorical lang.).

In gen.

With gen.:

hostium spolia, decora atque ornamenta fanorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44; cf.:

senator populi Romani, splendor ordinis, decus atque ornamentum judiciorum,

id. Caecin. 10, 28; so,

too, decus ornamentumque senectutis,

id. de Or. 1, 45, 199; id. Prov. Cons. 11, 28:

ut hominis decus ingenium, sic ingenii ipsius lumen est eloquentia,

id. Brut. 15, 59; cf. id. Phil. 2, 22, 54:

ad decus et ad laudem civitatis,

id. N. D. 1, 4; cf. id. Brut. 97; cf. also id. Fin. 1, 10 fin.; id. Ac. 1, 9, 33:

dignitatem et decus sustinere,

id. Off. 1, 34, 124 et saep.:

O decus Phoebi et dapibus supremi Grata testudo Jovis,

Hor. Od. 1, 32, 13:

lucidum caeli,

id. Carm. Sec. 2:

equitum Maecenas,

id. Od. 3, 16, 20; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 2 and id. ib. 2, 17, 4: electos juvenes simul et decus innuptarum, the ornaments, i. e. the most beautiful of the maidens, Catull. 64, 78 al.:

castique decus servare pudoris,

Ov. M. 13, 480:

oris,

i. e. beauty, id. ib. 3, 422:

decus Asteriae = Asteria decens or pulchra,

Verg. Cul. 15.—

Absol.: haec omnia, quae habent speciem gloriae contemne...;

verum decus in virtute positum est,

Cic. Fam. 10, 12 fin.:

divitiae, decus, gloria in oculis sita sunt!

Sall. C. 20, 14; cf. id. ib. 58, 8; id. J. 3 fin.:

regium,

id. ib. 72, 2; cf.

regale,

Ov. M. 9, 690:

decus enitet ore,

Verg. A. 4, 150:

superimpositum capiti,

Liv. 1, 34:

(columnas) scenis decora alta futuris,

Verg. A. 1, 429:

muliebre,

i. e. chastity, Liv. 1, 58:

immemores decoris liventia pectora tundunt,

i. e. of their bodily charms, Ov. M. 8, 536:

imperatori nobilitas, quae antea decori, invidiae esse,

Sall. J. 73, 4:

vitis ut arboribus decori est, ut vitibus uvae,

Verg. E. 5, 32:

Pilumno quos ipsa decus dedit,

id. A. 12, 83.—

Transf.

A deed of honor:

tanti decoris testis,

Tac. A. 15, 50.—Esp., plur., decora, honorable achievements, valiant deeds:

cum multa referret sua familiaeque decora,

Liv. 3, 12, 2:

militiae decora,

id. 2, 23, 4:

belli,

id. 6, 20, 7 (cf.:

dedecora militiae,

id. 3, 51, 12):

Lacedaemonii vetera, Macedones praesentia decora intuebantur,

Curt. 6, 1, 8.—

Renowned ancestors:

inter nobiles, et longa decora praeferentes, novitas mea enituit?

Tac. A. 14, 53; id. Hist. 1, 15.—

Esp., moral dignity, virtue, honor:

cum quod decus antiqui summum bonum esse dixerunt, hic solum bonum dicat, etc.,

Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55 (for which, shortly before, solum bonum esse quod honestum esset):

quos (sc. Epicureos) nisi redarguimus, omnis virtus, omne decus, omnis vera laus deserenda est,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 44;

so with honestas,

id. Fin. 2, 17, 56; cf. ib. 2, 11, 35; id. Off. 1, 5 fin.:

sed ei (sc. Semproniae) cariora semper omnia quam decus atque pudicitia fuit,

Sall. C. 25, 3; 54, 5.

dĕcus, i, m., v. decussis, init.

Dĭāna (in inscrr. also, DEANA, Orell. 1453; 1462; 1546. Also written Jana, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 3; cf. Nigid. ap. Macr. S. 1, 9. The i measured long, Cinna ap. Suet. Gramm. 11; Verg. A. 1, 499; Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; cf. Diom. p. 436 P.; hence also, Deiana, Enn. ap. Ap. de Deo Socr.), ae, f. [for Divana, Gr. Diônê for DiWônê; root DI-, DIV-; cf. Gr. Zeus, also Jovis (Diovis), Deus, dies, divus, etc.], orig. an Italian divinity, afterwards regarded as identical with the Gr. Artemis, the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, the sister of Apollo, the virgin moon-goddess (Luna), the patroness of virginity, and the presider over child-birth (in this character she is called Lucina), the chase, and nocturnal incantations (on this account her statues were three-formed, and set up in the trivia), Cic. N. D. 2, 27; 3, 23; Catull. 34; Hor. Od. 3, 22; id. Carm. Sec. 1; 70; Tib. 4, 3, 19; Ov. F. 2, 155; Verg. A. 4, 511 et passim:

quem urguet iracunda Diana, of an epileptic,

Hor. A. P. 453.—

Meton.

The moon:

nocturnae forma,

Ov. M. 15, 196 (cf.:

reparabat cornua Phoebe,

id. ib. 1, 11).—

The chase, Mart. Spect. 12 (cf. Verg. A. 11, 582).—

Derivv.

Dĭānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana:

turba,

i. e. dogs, Ov. F. 5, 141; cf.

arma,

i. e. hunting equipments, Grat. Cyneg. 253.—

Subst., Diānium, ii, n.

A place or temple sacred to Diana, Liv. 1, 48; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 12 Müll.—

A promontory in Spain, now Denia, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34 Zumpt N. cr.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 76.—

Dĭānārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana: radix, i. q. artemisia, the plant mug-wort or artemisia, Veg. A. V. 3, 6, 7; 5, 32, 4.—

Dĭānātĭcus, i, m., a devotee of Diana, Maxim. Taur. ap. Murat. Anecd. Lat. 4, p. 100.

Dĭāna (in inscrr. also, DEANA, Orell. 1453; 1462; 1546. Also written Jana, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 3; cf. Nigid. ap. Macr. S. 1, 9. The i measured long, Cinna ap. Suet. Gramm. 11; Verg. A. 1, 499; Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; cf. Diom. p. 436 P.; hence also, Deiana, Enn. ap. Ap. de Deo Socr.), ae, f. [for Divana, Gr. Diônê for DiWônê; root DI-, DIV-; cf. Gr. Zeus, also Jovis (Diovis), Deus, dies, divus, etc.], orig. an Italian divinity, afterwards regarded as identical with the Gr. Artemis, the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, the sister of Apollo, the virgin moon-goddess (Luna), the patroness of virginity, and the presider over child-birth (in this character she is called Lucina), the chase, and nocturnal incantations (on this account her statues were three-formed, and set up in the trivia), Cic. N. D. 2, 27; 3, 23; Catull. 34; Hor. Od. 3, 22; id. Carm. Sec. 1; 70; Tib. 4, 3, 19; Ov. F. 2, 155; Verg. A. 4, 511 et passim:

quem urguet iracunda Diana, of an epileptic,

Hor. A. P. 453.—

Meton.

The moon:

nocturnae forma,

Ov. M. 15, 196 (cf.:

reparabat cornua Phoebe,

id. ib. 1, 11).—

The chase, Mart. Spect. 12 (cf. Verg. A. 11, 582).—

Derivv.

Dĭānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana:

turba,

i. e. dogs, Ov. F. 5, 141; cf.

arma,

i. e. hunting equipments, Grat. Cyneg. 253.—

Subst., Diānium, ii, n.

A place or temple sacred to Diana, Liv. 1, 48; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 12 Müll.—

A promontory in Spain, now Denia, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34 Zumpt N. cr.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 76.—

Dĭānārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana: radix, i. q. artemisia, the plant mug-wort or artemisia, Veg. A. V. 3, 6, 7; 5, 32, 4.—

Dĭānātĭcus, i, m., a devotee of Diana, Maxim. Taur. ap. Murat. Anecd. Lat. 4, p. 100.

Dĭāna (in inscrr. also, DEANA, Orell. 1453; 1462; 1546. Also written Jana, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 3; cf. Nigid. ap. Macr. S. 1, 9. The i measured long, Cinna ap. Suet. Gramm. 11; Verg. A. 1, 499; Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; cf. Diom. p. 436 P.; hence also, Deiana, Enn. ap. Ap. de Deo Socr.), ae, f. [for Divana, Gr. Diônê for DiWônê; root DI-, DIV-; cf. Gr. Zeus, also Jovis (Diovis), Deus, dies, divus, etc.], orig. an Italian divinity, afterwards regarded as identical with the Gr. Artemis, the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, the sister of Apollo, the virgin moon-goddess (Luna), the patroness of virginity, and the presider over child-birth (in this character she is called Lucina), the chase, and nocturnal incantations (on this account her statues were three-formed, and set up in the trivia), Cic. N. D. 2, 27; 3, 23; Catull. 34; Hor. Od. 3, 22; id. Carm. Sec. 1; 70; Tib. 4, 3, 19; Ov. F. 2, 155; Verg. A. 4, 511 et passim:

quem urguet iracunda Diana, of an epileptic,

Hor. A. P. 453.—

Meton.

The moon:

nocturnae forma,

Ov. M. 15, 196 (cf.:

reparabat cornua Phoebe,

id. ib. 1, 11).—

The chase, Mart. Spect. 12 (cf. Verg. A. 11, 582).—

Derivv.

Dĭānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana:

turba,

i. e. dogs, Ov. F. 5, 141; cf.

arma,

i. e. hunting equipments, Grat. Cyneg. 253.—

Subst., Diānium, ii, n.

A place or temple sacred to Diana, Liv. 1, 48; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 12 Müll.—

A promontory in Spain, now Denia, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34 Zumpt N. cr.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 76.—

Dĭānārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana: radix, i. q. artemisia, the plant mug-wort or artemisia, Veg. A. V. 3, 6, 7; 5, 32, 4.—

Dĭānātĭcus, i, m., a devotee of Diana, Maxim. Taur. ap. Murat. Anecd. Lat. 4, p. 100.

Dĭāna (in inscrr. also, DEANA, Orell. 1453; 1462; 1546. Also written Jana, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 3; cf. Nigid. ap. Macr. S. 1, 9. The i measured long, Cinna ap. Suet. Gramm. 11; Verg. A. 1, 499; Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; cf. Diom. p. 436 P.; hence also, Deiana, Enn. ap. Ap. de Deo Socr.), ae, f. [for Divana, Gr. Diônê for DiWônê; root DI-, DIV-; cf. Gr. Zeus, also Jovis (Diovis), Deus, dies, divus, etc.], orig. an Italian divinity, afterwards regarded as identical with the Gr. Artemis, the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, the sister of Apollo, the virgin moon-goddess (Luna), the patroness of virginity, and the presider over child-birth (in this character she is called Lucina), the chase, and nocturnal incantations (on this account her statues were three-formed, and set up in the trivia), Cic. N. D. 2, 27; 3, 23; Catull. 34; Hor. Od. 3, 22; id. Carm. Sec. 1; 70; Tib. 4, 3, 19; Ov. F. 2, 155; Verg. A. 4, 511 et passim:

quem urguet iracunda Diana, of an epileptic,

Hor. A. P. 453.—

Meton.

The moon:

nocturnae forma,

Ov. M. 15, 196 (cf.:

reparabat cornua Phoebe,

id. ib. 1, 11).—

The chase, Mart. Spect. 12 (cf. Verg. A. 11, 582).—

Derivv.

Dĭānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana:

turba,

i. e. dogs, Ov. F. 5, 141; cf.

arma,

i. e. hunting equipments, Grat. Cyneg. 253.—

Subst., Diānium, ii, n.

A place or temple sacred to Diana, Liv. 1, 48; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 12 Müll.—

A promontory in Spain, now Denia, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34 Zumpt N. cr.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 76.—

Dĭānārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana: radix, i. q. artemisia, the plant mug-wort or artemisia, Veg. A. V. 3, 6, 7; 5, 32, 4.—

Dĭānātĭcus, i, m., a devotee of Diana, Maxim. Taur. ap. Murat. Anecd. Lat. 4, p. 100.

Dĭāna (in inscrr. also, DEANA, Orell. 1453; 1462; 1546. Also written Jana, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 3; cf. Nigid. ap. Macr. S. 1, 9. The i measured long, Cinna ap. Suet. Gramm. 11; Verg. A. 1, 499; Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; cf. Diom. p. 436 P.; hence also, Deiana, Enn. ap. Ap. de Deo Socr.), ae, f. [for Divana, Gr. Diônê for DiWônê; root DI-, DIV-; cf. Gr. Zeus, also Jovis (Diovis), Deus, dies, divus, etc.], orig. an Italian divinity, afterwards regarded as identical with the Gr. Artemis, the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, the sister of Apollo, the virgin moon-goddess (Luna), the patroness of virginity, and the presider over child-birth (in this character she is called Lucina), the chase, and nocturnal incantations (on this account her statues were three-formed, and set up in the trivia), Cic. N. D. 2, 27; 3, 23; Catull. 34; Hor. Od. 3, 22; id. Carm. Sec. 1; 70; Tib. 4, 3, 19; Ov. F. 2, 155; Verg. A. 4, 511 et passim:

quem urguet iracunda Diana, of an epileptic,

Hor. A. P. 453.—

Meton.

The moon:

nocturnae forma,

Ov. M. 15, 196 (cf.:

reparabat cornua Phoebe,

id. ib. 1, 11).—

The chase, Mart. Spect. 12 (cf. Verg. A. 11, 582).—

Derivv.

Dĭānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana:

turba,

i. e. dogs, Ov. F. 5, 141; cf.

arma,

i. e. hunting equipments, Grat. Cyneg. 253.—

Subst., Diānium, ii, n.

A place or temple sacred to Diana, Liv. 1, 48; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 12 Müll.—

A promontory in Spain, now Denia, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34 Zumpt N. cr.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 76.—

Dĭānārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diana: radix, i. q. artemisia, the plant mug-wort or artemisia, Veg. A. V. 3, 6, 7; 5, 32, 4.—

Dĭānātĭcus, i, m., a devotee of Diana, Maxim. Taur. ap. Murat. Anecd. Lat. 4, p. 100.

dŏcĕo, cŭi, ctum, 2, v. a. [root da; Zend. dā, to know; strengthened, dak-; Gr. didaskô; Lat. disco], to teach, instruct, inform, show, tell, etc. (for syn. cf.: edoceo, perdoceo, erudio, praecipio, instituo).

In gen., with double acc. of person and thing:

pejor magister te istaec docuit... illa, quae te docui,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 55:

hunc hominem cursuram,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 9:

aliquem artem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54:

aliquem litteras,

id. Pis. 30:

aliquem ejusmodi rem,

id. Quint. 25, 79:

pueros elementa,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 17 et saep.— Pass., with acc. rei:

is reliqua frustra docetur,

Quint. 4, 2, 90; 1, 5, 11; 3, 8, 70; 6, 2, 3; Hor. C. 3, 6, 21; id. S. 1, 6, 76 et saep.; cf.: doctus dogmam, Laber. ap. Prisc. p. 679 fin. P.; and:

doctus militiam,

Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 40, p. 224 ed. Gerl.—With inf.:

docemur auctoritate domitas habere libidines,

Cic. de Or. 1, 43, 194; 1, 57, 244; id. Fin. 2, 5, 15:

docemur disputare, non vivere (= discimus),

Sen. Ep. 95, 13:

equi variare gyros docentur,

Tac. G. 6; Sall. J. 85, 33; Nep. Epam. 2, 1; Liv. 21, 3, 6.—With acc. pers. and inf.:

ut doceam Rullum posthac in iis saltem tacere rebus, in quibus, etc.,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2; so id. Phil. 2, 4, 8; Hor. S. 1, 1, 91; id. Ep. 1, 14, 30 al.; cf. ellipt. with abl. of instrument:

Socratem fidibus (sc. canere),

Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

aliquem docendum curare equo, armisque,

Liv. 29, 1, 8; Zumpt, § 391 fin. —With acc. pers. and de, to instruct or inform one of:

de ejus injuriis judices docere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:

aliquem de aliqua re,

id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26; 44, 127; id. de Or. 2, 24, 102; Sall. J. 13, 3 al. —With acc. pers. and rel. clause:

doceant eum, qui vir Sex. Roscius fuerit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 25; id. Att. 8, 2, 2; id. Fam. 3, 6, 5; 5, 3; Quint. 6, 1, 20 al.—With acc. pers.:

studiosos discendi erudiunt atque docent,

Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156; id. Div. 2, 2; id. de Sen. 9, 29; Quint. 2, 5, 13; Hor. S. 2, 2, 50; id. Ep. 1, 13, 1 et saep.—With acc. rei:

coepit studiose omnia Docere, educare, ita uti si esset filia,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 37; so,

aliquid,

Caes. B. G. 5, 42 fin.; Quint. 7, 10, 10; 9, 4, 137; Hor. A. P. 306 et saep.; cf.

also: quod de lacu Albano docuisset,

Liv. 5, 15; so with two acc., Caes. B. G. 7, 10, 3; Cic. Clu. 70, 198.—With acc. and inf.:

docui per litteras, id nec opus esse nec fieri posse,

Cic. Att. 16, 8; Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 7; 5, 28, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 43; Hor. S. 2, 3, 63 et saep.— Absol.:

cum doceo et explano,

Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 82; id. Or. 42, 143; Quint. 3, 4, 15; 3, 5, 2 et saep.; cf.

also: Tyrannio docet apud me,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4 fin.

In partic.: fabulam, like the Gr. didaskein, qs. to teach a play to the actors, to rehearse; hence, to produce, exhibit on the stage:

minor fuit aliquanto is, qui primus fabulam dedit, quam ii, qui multas docuerant (Plautus et Naevius),

Cic. Brut. 18, 73; id. Tusc. 4, 29, 63; Hor. A. P. 288; Gell. 17, 21, 42.—Hence, doctus, a, um, P. a., learned, skilled, versed, experienced in any thing (cf.: litteratus, eruditus, peritus, gnarus, scitus).— Absol.:

doctus vir et Graecis litteris eruditus,

Cic. Brut. 30, 114; cf. id. de Or. 1, 22, 102; 2, 74, 299:

adolescentes humanissimi et doctissimi,

id. Cael. 10, 24.—With ex:

fuit enim doctus ex disciplina Stoicorum,

Cic. Brut. 25.—With abl.:

docti et Graecis litteris et Latinis,

Cic. Brut. 46; 45 fin.; Sall. C. 25, 2; Mart. 10, 76. —With adv.:

nec minus Graece quam Latine doctus,

Suet. Gram. 7.—With gen.:

fandi doctissima Cymodocea,

Verg. A. 10, 225:

legum atque morum populi Romani jurisque civilis,

Gell. 13, 12, 1:

sagittarum,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 11:

artis lanificae,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 381.—With acc.:

(Maecenas) docte sermones utriusque linguae,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 5:

dulces modos (with citharae sciens),

id. ib. 3, 9, 10:

omnia,

Stat. Th. 2, 692:

litteras,

Gell. 19, 9, 7.—With inf.:

doctus sagittas tendere Sericas,

Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; 3, 6, 38; 4, 13, 7; id. Carm. Sec. 75 et saep.—With ad or in:

ad delinquendum doctior,

Ov. Tr. 2, 256:

in parum fausto carmine docta fui,

id. H. 21, 182:

Sapphica puella Musa doctior,

more skilled in song, Cat. 35, 17:

docta puella,

Prop. 1, 7, 11; 2, 11, 6 (3, 2, 6 M.);

2, 13, 11 (3, 4, 11 M.).—Esp. as epithet of Catullus by other poets,

Tib. 3, 6, 41; Ov. Am. 3, 9, 62:

Verona docti syllabas amat vatis,

Mart. 1, 61, 1; Ov. A. A. 2, 181.—As subst.: doctus, the man of skill.—Prov.:

doctus in se semper divitias habet,

Phaedr. 4, 21, 1; but class. only in plur.: doctī, ōrum, m., the learned:

doctorum est ista consuetudo,

Cic. Lael. 5, 17 et saep.—

Of things as subjects:

frontes,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 29:

tibia,

Prop. 2, 30, 16 (3, 28, 16 M.):

carmina,

Tib. 2, 3, 20; cf.

vox,

Ov. P. 2, 5, 52:

voces Pythagoreorum,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 2:

sermo,

Plin. Ep. 7, 25, 3:

prece,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135:

manus artificis,

Tib. 1, 8, 12; cf. id. 2, 1, 70; Ov. F. 3, 832; 6, 792:

falx,

Prop. 2, 19, 12 (3, 12, 12 M.) et saep.—

In Plaut. and Ter., knowing, cunning, shrewd, subtle:

malum, callidum, doctum,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 35; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 43; id. Most. 1, 3, 122; 5, 1, 24 et saep.; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 6; id. Eun. 4, 7, 21; cf.

also, dolus,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 69; id. Ps. 1, 5, 70 al.— docte, adv.

Learnedly, skilfully (very rare; not in Cic.).— Comp., Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 33; Mart. 7, 46.— Sup., Sall. J. 95, 3.—

Cunningly, shrewdly, cleverly:

docte et sapienter dicis,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 23:

docte tibi illam perdoctam dabo,

id. Mil. 2, 2, 103; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 43:

docte sapere,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 162; id. Most. 5, 1, 21 et saep.— Comp., Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 99.

dŏcĭlis, e, adj. [doceo], easily taught, docile.

Prop. (freq. and class.).— Absol.:

belua docilis et humanis moribus assueta,

Cic. Rep. 2, 40; id. de Or. 2, 19, 80; Liv. 23, 29; Quint. 2, 9, 3; Hor. C. 3, 11, 1; id. Carm. Sec. 45 et saep.; cf. in the comp., Quint. 1, 12, 9; 4, 2, 24.—With ad:

ad agriculturam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 3; Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 3; id. Tusc. 2, 6; Curt. 8, 31, 16; in the comp., Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 56.—With abl.:

habebant luscinias Graeco atque Latino sermone docilis,

Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 120:

omnes imitandis turpibus,

Juv. 14, 40.— Poet., with gen.:

modorum,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 43:

pravi,

id. S. 2, 2, 52:

fallendi,

skilful, Sil. 3, 233:

freni (equus),

id. 16, 360; and with inf.:

cerva accedere mensis,

id. 13, 120.—

Transf. of things:

capilli,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 13:

os,

id. ib. 3, 344:

et bibula chrysocolla,

Plin. 33, 5, 26, § 88: hasta relegi et relinqui, Val. Fl. 6, 237:

ingenium,

Nep. Dion. 1, 2:

pavor pascere rumorem,

Sil. 4, 8 et saep.— Sup. does not occur.— Adv.: dŏcĭlĭter, with docility, teachably, acc. to Diom. p. 401 P.

dŏcĭlis, e, adj. [doceo], easily taught, docile.

Prop. (freq. and class.).— Absol.:

belua docilis et humanis moribus assueta,

Cic. Rep. 2, 40; id. de Or. 2, 19, 80; Liv. 23, 29; Quint. 2, 9, 3; Hor. C. 3, 11, 1; id. Carm. Sec. 45 et saep.; cf. in the comp., Quint. 1, 12, 9; 4, 2, 24.—With ad:

ad agriculturam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 3; Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 3; id. Tusc. 2, 6; Curt. 8, 31, 16; in the comp., Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 56.—With abl.:

habebant luscinias Graeco atque Latino sermone docilis,

Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 120:

omnes imitandis turpibus,

Juv. 14, 40.— Poet., with gen.:

modorum,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 43:

pravi,

id. S. 2, 2, 52:

fallendi,

skilful, Sil. 3, 233:

freni (equus),

id. 16, 360; and with inf.:

cerva accedere mensis,

id. 13, 120.—

Transf. of things:

capilli,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 13:

os,

id. ib. 3, 344:

et bibula chrysocolla,

Plin. 33, 5, 26, § 88: hasta relegi et relinqui, Val. Fl. 6, 237:

ingenium,

Nep. Dion. 1, 2:

pavor pascere rumorem,

Sil. 4, 8 et saep.— Sup. does not occur.— Adv.: dŏcĭlĭter, with docility, teachably, acc. to Diom. p. 401 P.

dŏcĕo, cŭi, ctum, 2, v. a. [root da; Zend. dā, to know; strengthened, dak-; Gr. didaskô; Lat. disco], to teach, instruct, inform, show, tell, etc. (for syn. cf.: edoceo, perdoceo, erudio, praecipio, instituo).

In gen., with double acc. of person and thing:

pejor magister te istaec docuit... illa, quae te docui,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 55:

hunc hominem cursuram,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 9:

aliquem artem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54:

aliquem litteras,

id. Pis. 30:

aliquem ejusmodi rem,

id. Quint. 25, 79:

pueros elementa,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 17 et saep.— Pass., with acc. rei:

is reliqua frustra docetur,

Quint. 4, 2, 90; 1, 5, 11; 3, 8, 70; 6, 2, 3; Hor. C. 3, 6, 21; id. S. 1, 6, 76 et saep.; cf.: doctus dogmam, Laber. ap. Prisc. p. 679 fin. P.; and:

doctus militiam,

Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 40, p. 224 ed. Gerl.—With inf.:

docemur auctoritate domitas habere libidines,

Cic. de Or. 1, 43, 194; 1, 57, 244; id. Fin. 2, 5, 15:

docemur disputare, non vivere (= discimus),

Sen. Ep. 95, 13:

equi variare gyros docentur,

Tac. G. 6; Sall. J. 85, 33; Nep. Epam. 2, 1; Liv. 21, 3, 6.—With acc. pers. and inf.:

ut doceam Rullum posthac in iis saltem tacere rebus, in quibus, etc.,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2; so id. Phil. 2, 4, 8; Hor. S. 1, 1, 91; id. Ep. 1, 14, 30 al.; cf. ellipt. with abl. of instrument:

Socratem fidibus (sc. canere),

Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

aliquem docendum curare equo, armisque,

Liv. 29, 1, 8; Zumpt, § 391 fin. —With acc. pers. and de, to instruct or inform one of:

de ejus injuriis judices docere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:

aliquem de aliqua re,

id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26; 44, 127; id. de Or. 2, 24, 102; Sall. J. 13, 3 al. —With acc. pers. and rel. clause:

doceant eum, qui vir Sex. Roscius fuerit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 25; id. Att. 8, 2, 2; id. Fam. 3, 6, 5; 5, 3; Quint. 6, 1, 20 al.—With acc. pers.:

studiosos discendi erudiunt atque docent,

Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156; id. Div. 2, 2; id. de Sen. 9, 29; Quint. 2, 5, 13; Hor. S. 2, 2, 50; id. Ep. 1, 13, 1 et saep.—With acc. rei:

coepit studiose omnia Docere, educare, ita uti si esset filia,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 37; so,

aliquid,

Caes. B. G. 5, 42 fin.; Quint. 7, 10, 10; 9, 4, 137; Hor. A. P. 306 et saep.; cf.

also: quod de lacu Albano docuisset,

Liv. 5, 15; so with two acc., Caes. B. G. 7, 10, 3; Cic. Clu. 70, 198.—With acc. and inf.:

docui per litteras, id nec opus esse nec fieri posse,

Cic. Att. 16, 8; Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 7; 5, 28, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 43; Hor. S. 2, 3, 63 et saep.— Absol.:

cum doceo et explano,

Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 82; id. Or. 42, 143; Quint. 3, 4, 15; 3, 5, 2 et saep.; cf.

also: Tyrannio docet apud me,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4 fin.

In partic.: fabulam, like the Gr. didaskein, qs. to teach a play to the actors, to rehearse; hence, to produce, exhibit on the stage:

minor fuit aliquanto is, qui primus fabulam dedit, quam ii, qui multas docuerant (Plautus et Naevius),

Cic. Brut. 18, 73; id. Tusc. 4, 29, 63; Hor. A. P. 288; Gell. 17, 21, 42.—Hence, doctus, a, um, P. a., learned, skilled, versed, experienced in any thing (cf.: litteratus, eruditus, peritus, gnarus, scitus).— Absol.:

doctus vir et Graecis litteris eruditus,

Cic. Brut. 30, 114; cf. id. de Or. 1, 22, 102; 2, 74, 299:

adolescentes humanissimi et doctissimi,

id. Cael. 10, 24.—With ex:

fuit enim doctus ex disciplina Stoicorum,

Cic. Brut. 25.—With abl.:

docti et Graecis litteris et Latinis,

Cic. Brut. 46; 45 fin.; Sall. C. 25, 2; Mart. 10, 76. —With adv.:

nec minus Graece quam Latine doctus,

Suet. Gram. 7.—With gen.:

fandi doctissima Cymodocea,

Verg. A. 10, 225:

legum atque morum populi Romani jurisque civilis,

Gell. 13, 12, 1:

sagittarum,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 11:

artis lanificae,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 381.—With acc.:

(Maecenas) docte sermones utriusque linguae,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 5:

dulces modos (with citharae sciens),

id. ib. 3, 9, 10:

omnia,

Stat. Th. 2, 692:

litteras,

Gell. 19, 9, 7.—With inf.:

doctus sagittas tendere Sericas,

Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; 3, 6, 38; 4, 13, 7; id. Carm. Sec. 75 et saep.—With ad or in:

ad delinquendum doctior,

Ov. Tr. 2, 256:

in parum fausto carmine docta fui,

id. H. 21, 182:

Sapphica puella Musa doctior,

more skilled in song, Cat. 35, 17:

docta puella,

Prop. 1, 7, 11; 2, 11, 6 (3, 2, 6 M.);

2, 13, 11 (3, 4, 11 M.).—Esp. as epithet of Catullus by other poets,

Tib. 3, 6, 41; Ov. Am. 3, 9, 62:

Verona docti syllabas amat vatis,

Mart. 1, 61, 1; Ov. A. A. 2, 181.—As subst.: doctus, the man of skill.—Prov.:

doctus in se semper divitias habet,

Phaedr. 4, 21, 1; but class. only in plur.: doctī, ōrum, m., the learned:

doctorum est ista consuetudo,

Cic. Lael. 5, 17 et saep.—

Of things as subjects:

frontes,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 29:

tibia,

Prop. 2, 30, 16 (3, 28, 16 M.):

carmina,

Tib. 2, 3, 20; cf.

vox,

Ov. P. 2, 5, 52:

voces Pythagoreorum,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 2:

sermo,

Plin. Ep. 7, 25, 3:

prece,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135:

manus artificis,

Tib. 1, 8, 12; cf. id. 2, 1, 70; Ov. F. 3, 832; 6, 792:

falx,

Prop. 2, 19, 12 (3, 12, 12 M.) et saep.—

In Plaut. and Ter., knowing, cunning, shrewd, subtle:

malum, callidum, doctum,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 35; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 43; id. Most. 1, 3, 122; 5, 1, 24 et saep.; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 6; id. Eun. 4, 7, 21; cf.

also, dolus,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 69; id. Ps. 1, 5, 70 al.— docte, adv.

Learnedly, skilfully (very rare; not in Cic.).— Comp., Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 33; Mart. 7, 46.— Sup., Sall. J. 95, 3.—

Cunningly, shrewdly, cleverly:

docte et sapienter dicis,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 23:

docte tibi illam perdoctam dabo,

id. Mil. 2, 2, 103; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 43:

docte sapere,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 162; id. Most. 5, 1, 21 et saep.— Comp., Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 99.

Ē̆trūrĭa ( Het-), ae, f., a country of central Italy, Mel. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50; Cic. Div. 1, 41, 92; id. Cat. 2, 3 fin.; Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.; Liv. 1, 35, 9; Verg. A. 8, 494; 12, 232 et saep.—Deriv.,

Ē̆truscus, a, um, adj., of Etruria, Etruscan:

litus,

Mel. 2, 7, 19; Hor. C. 1, 2, 14; id. C. Sec. 38; id. Epod. 16, 40:

mare,

id. C. 3, 29, 35:

juga,

Verg. A. 8, 480:

duces,

id. ib. 11, 598:

manus Porsenae,

Hor. Epod. 16, 4:

disciplina,

the Etruscan religion, Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 3; Plin. 2, 83, 85, § 199; 10, 15, 17, § 37; cf.

haruspices,

Gell. 4, 5, 5:

litterae,

Liv. 9, 36:

coronae,

made of gold and precious stones, and worn by those who triumphed, Plin. 21, 3, 4, § 6.— Sing., Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 11; Tert. de Coron. 13:

aurum,

a golden amulet worn by Roman boys of noble birth, Juv. 5, 164 et saep.— Subst.: Etrusci, ōrum, m., the Etruscans, Cic. Div. 1, 42; Liv. 1, 34; 2, 7 et saepiss.

Ē̆trūrĭa ( Het-), ae, f., a country of central Italy, Mel. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50; Cic. Div. 1, 41, 92; id. Cat. 2, 3 fin.; Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.; Liv. 1, 35, 9; Verg. A. 8, 494; 12, 232 et saep.—Deriv.,

Ē̆truscus, a, um, adj., of Etruria, Etruscan:

litus,

Mel. 2, 7, 19; Hor. C. 1, 2, 14; id. C. Sec. 38; id. Epod. 16, 40:

mare,

id. C. 3, 29, 35:

juga,

Verg. A. 8, 480:

duces,

id. ib. 11, 598:

manus Porsenae,

Hor. Epod. 16, 4:

disciplina,

the Etruscan religion, Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 3; Plin. 2, 83, 85, § 199; 10, 15, 17, § 37; cf.

haruspices,

Gell. 4, 5, 5:

litterae,

Liv. 9, 36:

coronae,

made of gold and precious stones, and worn by those who triumphed, Plin. 21, 3, 4, § 6.— Sing., Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 11; Tert. de Coron. 13:

aurum,

a golden amulet worn by Roman boys of noble birth, Juv. 5, 164 et saep.— Subst.: Etrusci, ōrum, m., the Etruscans, Cic. Div. 1, 42; Liv. 1, 34; 2, 7 et saepiss.

Ē̆trūrĭa ( Het-), ae, f., a country of central Italy, Mel. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50; Cic. Div. 1, 41, 92; id. Cat. 2, 3 fin.; Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.; Liv. 1, 35, 9; Verg. A. 8, 494; 12, 232 et saep.—Deriv.,

Ē̆truscus, a, um, adj., of Etruria, Etruscan:

litus,

Mel. 2, 7, 19; Hor. C. 1, 2, 14; id. C. Sec. 38; id. Epod. 16, 40:

mare,

id. C. 3, 29, 35:

juga,

Verg. A. 8, 480:

duces,

id. ib. 11, 598:

manus Porsenae,

Hor. Epod. 16, 4:

disciplina,

the Etruscan religion, Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 3; Plin. 2, 83, 85, § 199; 10, 15, 17, § 37; cf.

haruspices,

Gell. 4, 5, 5:

litterae,

Liv. 9, 36:

coronae,

made of gold and precious stones, and worn by those who triumphed, Plin. 21, 3, 4, § 6.— Sing., Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 11; Tert. de Coron. 13:

aurum,

a golden amulet worn by Roman boys of noble birth, Juv. 5, 164 et saep.— Subst.: Etrusci, ōrum, m., the Etruscans, Cic. Div. 1, 42; Liv. 1, 34; 2, 7 et saepiss.