Italian

Verb

decresco

1. first-person singular present indicative of decrescere

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈkreːs.koː/

Verb

dēcrēscō ‎(present infinitive dēcrēscere, perfect active dēcrēvī, supine dēcrētum); third conjugation

1. I grow less or shorter, decrease, wane, dwindle.
2. I vanish, fade, disappear, pass away by diminution.

Inflection

Derived terms

• dēcrēmentum

Descendants

• English: decrease
• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “decresco”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the moon waxes, wanes: luna crescit; decrescit, senescit