decresco

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Italian

Verb

decresco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of decrescere

Latin

Etymology

From de- (of; from, away from) +‎ crēscō (grow).

Pronunciation

Verb

dēcrēscō (present infinitive dēcrēscere, perfect active dēcrēvī, supine dēcrētum); third conjugation, no passive

  1. to grow less or shorter, decrease, wane, dwindle
    Antonyms: adolēscō, accrēscō, crēscō, excrēscō, olēscō, glīscō
  2. to vanish, fade, disappear, pass away by diminution

Conjugation

  • The only attested passive forms are those from dēcrētus, which is used in an active sense.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • decresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • decresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • decresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the moon waxes, wanes: luna crescit; decrescit, senescit