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

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
   Conjugation of decresco (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 dēcrēverimus dēcrēveritis 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 dēcrētūrus esse — — —
participles dēcrēscēns — dēcrētūrus — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
dēcrēscere dēcrēscendī dēcrēscendō dēcrēscendum dēcrētum dēcrētū

Derived terms

Descendants

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the moon waxes, wanes: luna crescit; decrescit, senescit
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