decresco
See also: decresço
Italian
Verb
decresco
Latin
Etymology
From de- (“of; from, away from”) + crēscō (“grow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːˈkreːs.koː/, [d̪eːˈkreːs̠koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈkres.ko/, [d̪eˈkrɛsko]
Verb
dēcrēscō (present infinitive dēcrēscere, perfect active dēcrēvī, supine dēcrētum); third conjugation, no passive
- I grow less or shorter, decrease, wane, dwindle.
- I vanish, fade, disappear, pass away by diminution.
Conjugation
- NOTE: The past passive participle dēcrētus does exist.
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: decrease, decrew (via Old French)
- French: décroître
- Italian: decrescere
- Portuguese: decrescer
- Spanish: decrecer
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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the moon waxes, wanes: luna crescit; decrescit, senescit
- the moon waxes, wanes: luna crescit; decrescit, senescit
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