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dĕcor , ōris, m. deceo,
I.what is seemly, becoming; comeliness, elegance, grace, beauty, ornament (poet. word; in prose perh. not before the Aug. per.; esp. freq. in Quint.; v. decus).
II. In partic., of personal comeliness, charms, beauty (cf.: decens, no. 2): “fugit retro Levis Juventa et Decor,Hor. Od. 2, 11, 6; Tib. 4, 2, 8; Ov. M. 1, 488; Curt. 8, 4, 23; Tac. H. 2, 1 al.; cf. Vulg. Isa. 33, 17; id. Thren. 1, 6.!*? dĕcor , adj., v. decoris.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Old Testament, Isaiah, 33.17
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.849
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.488
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.647
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 157
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 1.2
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.1
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.984
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.145
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.44
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 2.27
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 8.4.23
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