decus

== Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdet͡sus/ Rhymes: -et͡sus Syllabification: de‧cus === Verb === decus conditional of deci == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *dekos (“dignity”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱos (“that which is proper”), from *deḱ- (“take, perceive”). Compare with decor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdɛ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdɛː.kus] === Noun === decus n (genitive decoris); third declension honor, distinction, glory pride, dignity grace, splendor, ornament, beauty Synonyms: faciēs, pulchritūdō, decor Antonyms: dēdecus, dehonestāmentum (in the plural) deeds of honor, honorable achievements Synonyms: ausus, ausum, fortia, gestum ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Derived terms ==== decorō dēdecus ==== Related terms ==== decet decor decōrus === References === === Further reading === “decus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “decus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "decus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “decus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.