Noun: decus
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Declension: Third
Nominative
| Singular | decus |
| Plural | decora |
Genitive
| Singular | decoris |
| Plural | decorum |
Dative
| Singular | decorī |
| Plural | decoribus |
Accusative
| Singular | decus |
| Plural | decora |
Ablative
| Singular | decore |
| Plural | decoribus |
Vocative
| Singular | decus |
| Plural | decora |
Sample Sentences
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Obsessos hinc fides, inde egestas inter decus ac flagitium distrahebant. (The ties of loyalty on the one hand, and the necessities of famine on the other, kept the besieged wavering between the alternatives of glory and infamy.) [c. 100-110, Tacitus, Histories: Book 4:]
Nouns inflected like decus
alticorpus,
decus,
fēnus,
nemus,
tegus,
tenus,
lītus,
dēdecus,
faenus,
foenus,
frīgus,
littus,
facinus,
corpus,
tergus,
tempus,
pectus,
pignus,
stercus,
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *dekos (“dignity”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱos (“that which is proper”), from *deḱ- (“take, perceive”). Compare with decor.
Verbs referencing "decus"
Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
dekor, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
dekor.
Translations