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hŏnōrus , a, um, adj. honor, analog. with decorus from decor (poet. and in postAug. prose). *
I. Worthy of honor, honorable, Stat. Th. 5, 40.—
II. That confers honor, honorable: “carmen,” glorifying, Val. Fl. 4, 342: “fama,” Stat. Th. 2, 629: “mors,” id. ib. 4, 230: “oratio,” Tac. A. 1, 10 fin.: “quae in Drusum patrem Germanici honora et magnifica Augustus fecisset,” id. ib. 3, 5: “honora de Germanico disserebat,” id. ib. 4, 68.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Tacitus, Annales, 1.10
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 4.342
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