verbthird conjugation, no passive
dēcrēscō
dēcrēscō (present infinitive dēcrēscere, perfect active dēcrēvī, supine dēcrētum)
Classical[deːˈkreːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[deˈkrɛs.ko]
Meaning
- to grow less or shorter, decrease, wane, dwindle
- to vanish, fade, disappear, pass away by diminution
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
minor fīōdēcrēscō -ere — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 4
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dēcrēscō | dēcrēscēbam | dēcrēscam | dēcrēvī | dēcrēveram | dēcrēverō |
| 2nd sg. | dēcrēscis | dēcrēscēbās | dēcrēscēs | dēcrēvistī | dēcrēverās | dēcrēveris |
| 3rd sg. | dēcrēscit | dēcrēscēbat | dēcrēscet | dēcrēvit | dēcrēverat | dēcrēverit |
| 1st pl. | dēcrēscimus | dēcrēscēbāmus | dēcrēscēmus | dēcrēvimus | dēcrēverāmus | dēcrēverimus |
| 2nd pl. | dēcrēscitis | dēcrēscēbātis | dēcrēscētis | dēcrēvistis | dēcrēverātis | dēcrēveritis |
| 3rd pl. | dēcrēscunt | dēcrēscēbant | dēcrēscent | dēcrēvērunt dēcrēvēre | dēcrēverant | dēcrēverint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dēcrēscam | dēcrēscerem | dēcrēverim | dēcrēvissem |
| 2nd sg. | dēcrēscās | dēcrēscerēs | dēcrēverīs | dēcrēvissēs |
| 3rd sg. | dēcrēscat | dēcrēsceret | dēcrēverit | dēcrēvisset |
| 1st pl. | dēcrēscāmus | dēcrēscerēmus | dēcrēverīmus | dēcrēvissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | dēcrēscātis | dēcrēscerētis | dēcrēverītis | dēcrēvissētis |
| 3rd pl. | dēcrēscant | dēcrēscerent | dēcrēverint | dēcrēvissent |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | dēcrēsce | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | dēcrēscite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | dēcrēscitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | dēcrēscitō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | dēcrēscitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | dēcrēscuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | dēcrēscere | — |
| perfect infinitive | dēcrēvisse | — |
| future infinitive | dēcrētūrum esse | — |
| present participle | dēcrēscēns | — |
| future participle | dēcrētūrus dēcrētūra, dēcrētūrā, dēcrētūrae, dēcrētūram, dēcrētūrārum, dēcrētūrās, dēcrētūre, dēcrētūrī, dēcrētūrīs, dēcrētūrō, dēcrētūrōrum, dēcrētūrōs, dēcrētūrum | — |
gerunddēcrēscendī, dēcrēscendō, dēcrēscendumsupinedēcrētum, dēcrētū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- luna crescit; decrescit, senescit
- the moon waxes, wanes.
dē-cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3, v. n.
I. Orig., to grow less, grow shorter, decrease, wane (as the moon, bodies of water, the length of the day, etc.): ostreae cum luna pariter crescunt pariterque decrescunt, * Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:
crescunt loca decrescentibus undis, Ov. M. 1, 345; cf.: aequora, id. ib. 2, 292; and: decrescentia flumina, * Hor. Od. 4, 7, 3: die decrescente (coupled with quo rursus crescente), Plin. 2, 59, 60, § 151: ubi febris fuit atque decrevit, Cels. 3, 6; cf.: morbus, id. ib. 20 al.: nocte dieque decretum et auctum, Laev. ap. Prisc. p. 869 P.; of the waters of the flood, Vulg. Gen. 8, 5.—Hence, II. In gen., to decrease, become less, diminish:
uncus aratri Ferreus occulte decrescit in arvis, i. e. wears away, Lucr. 1, 315; id. 5, 536; Quint. 5, 12, 14; 9, 4, 23: admiratio decrescit, id. 1, 3, 5: metus matrum, Sil. 7, 82 et saep.: ut corpora quamlibet ardua et excelsa, procerioribus admota decrescant, i. e. seem smaller, Plin. Pan. 61, 2: decrescente reditu (agelli) etiam pretium minuit, Plin. Ep. 6, 3, 1.—b. Poet., of the gradual disappearance of places as one removes farther from them, Stat. Ach. 2, 308; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 189.—*
B. Pregn., to pass away by diminution; to vanish, disappear:
cornua decrescunt, etc., Ov. M. 1, 740.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dē-crēscō crēvi, crētus, ere,
to grow less, become fewer, decrease, diminish, wane, shrink: non mihi absenti decrevisse amicos: ostreae cum lunā pariter decrescunt: decrescentia flumina, H.: cornua decrescunt, disappear, O.: tantum animorum nobis in dies decrescit, L.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindēcrēscō
Latin de- Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti Latin crēscō Latin dēcrēscō From de- (“of; from, away from”) + crēscō (“grow”).
Descendants
- Catalandecréixer
- Englishdecrease
- Italiandecrescere
- Portuguesedecrescer
- Spanishdecrecer
- Galiciandecrecer
In English words that came into English from dēcrēscō
- decreasedecrescere
- decrementdecrementum