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Latin
Etymology
From dēcrēscēns + -ia.
Pronunciation
Noun
dēcrēscentia f (genitive dēcrēscentiae); first declension
- a decreasing, waning
Declension
First-declension noun.
Participle
dēcrēscentia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of dēcrēscēns
References
- “decrescentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- decrescentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- decrescentia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016