dedeceo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

dedeceo cuī, —, ēre,

to be unseemly, misbecome, disfigure, disgrace (only 3d pers.; mostly impers.): ut, si quid dedeceat, vitemus: neque te Dedecet myrtus, H.: preces, quorum me dedecet usus, O.: Oratorem simulare non dedecet: Quam nec ferre pedem dedecuit, H.