Decet

The words of the Roman sovereign might be well applied in this case: “Decet imperatorem stantem mori.”

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

And the troll, whose name was Decet, held towards him a blue stone upon

King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls Henry Gilbert

For he had suddenly remembered the words of Decet the troll-man, who had said, 'Beware thee of leaving the side of her that shall love thee for more than a night and a day, or long woe shall find thee.'

King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls Henry Gilbert

Elined was advanced to the place of Chief Lady of the Household, while Decet was made Head Huntsman, because he loved the forest, and knew the ways of every bird and beast that lived therein.

King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls Henry Gilbert

But he hath changed my brother, Decet of the Mound, into some monstrous shape, and me he hath chained within this stone.

King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls Henry Gilbert

But he clasped the blue stone which the troll Decet had given him, and naught could hurt him.

King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls Henry Gilbert

And when the last of them was consumed in the fierce heat of the fire, Sir Owen felt a hand seize his, and, turning, he marvelled to see Decet the Moundman smiling into his face.

King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls Henry Gilbert

Decet te equidem vera proloqui; nam optuma nulla potest eligi: alia alia peior, frater, est.

Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919

Decet innocentem servom atque innoxium confidentem esse, suom apud erum potissimum.

Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919

Deum, the Lumen Hilare, the Te Decet Laus, and a few others; but those which the Church has retained and adopted are singularly few in number.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913