decrescentia

Latin

Etymology

From dēcrēscēns +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.kreːsˈken.ti.a/, [d̪eːkreːs̠ˈkɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.kreʃˈʃen.t͡si.a/, [d̪ekreʃˈʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

dēcrēscentia f (genitive dēcrēscentiae); first declension

1. a decreasing, waning

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēcrēscentia	dēcrēscentiae
Genitive	dēcrēscentiae	dēcrēscentiārum
Dative	dēcrēscentiae	dēcrēscentiīs
Accusative	dēcrēscentiam	dēcrēscentiās
Ablative	dēcrēscentiā	dēcrēscentiīs
Vocative	dēcrēscentia	dēcrēscentiae

Participle

dēcrēscentia

1. 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^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016