decrementum

Latin

Etymology

decresco +‎ -mentum.

Noun

dēcrēmentum n (genitive dēcrēmentī); second declension

1. diminution, decrease

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēcrēmentum	dēcrēmenta
Genitive	dēcrēmentī	dēcrēmentōrum
Dative	dēcrēmentō	dēcrēmentīs
Accusative	dēcrēmentum	dēcrēmenta
Ablative	dēcrēmentō	dēcrēmentīs
Vocative	dēcrēmentum	dēcrēmenta

Synonyms

• dēminūtiō

Related terms

• dēcrēscō

Descendants

• English: decrement
• Italian: decremento
• Russian: декреме́нт (dekremént)
• Spanish: decremento

References

• “decrementum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• decrementum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.