decresco

See also: decresço

Italian

Verb

decresco

1. first-person singular present indicative of decrescere

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

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.

   Conjugation of dēcrēscō (third conjugation, active-only)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēcrēscō	dēcrēscis	dēcrēscit	dēcrēscimus	dēcrēscitis	dēcrēscunt
	imperfect	dēcrēscēbam	dēcrēscēbās	dēcrēscēbat	dēcrēscēbāmus	dēcrēscēbātis	dēcrēscēbant
	future	dēcrēscam	dēcrēscēs	dēcrēscet	dēcrēscēmus	dēcrēscētis	dēcrēscent
	perfect	dēcrēvī	dēcrēvistī	dēcrēvit	dēcrēvimus	dēcrēvistis	dēcrēvērunt, dēcrēvēre
	pluperfect	dēcrēveram	dēcrēverās	dēcrēverat	dēcrēverāmus	dēcrēverātis	dēcrēverant
	future perfect	dēcrēverō	dēcrēveris	dēcrēverit	dēcrēverimus	dēcrēveritis	dēcrēverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēcrēscam	dēcrēscās	dēcrēscat	dēcrēscāmus	dēcrēscātis	dēcrēscant
	imperfect	dēcrēscerem	dēcrēscerēs	dēcrēsceret	dēcrēscerēmus	dēcrēscerētis	dēcrēscerent
	perfect	dēcrēverim	dēcrēverīs	dēcrēverit	dēcrēverīmus	dēcrēverītis	dēcrēverint
	pluperfect	dēcrēvissem	dēcrēvissēs	dēcrēvisset	dēcrēvissēmus	dēcrēvissētis	dēcrēvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēcrēsce	—	—	dēcrēscite	—
	future	—	dēcrēscitō	dēcrēscitō	—	dēcrēscitōte	dēcrēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēcrēscere	dēcrēvisse	dēcrētūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		dēcrēscēns	—	dēcrētūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēcrēscendī	dēcrēscendō	dēcrēscendum	dēcrēscendō	dēcrētum	dēcrētū

Derived terms

• dēcrēmentum

Descendants

• → Catalan: decréixer
• → Galician: decrecer
• → 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