decrescat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →decresco, decrescere, decrevi, decretus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
decrease; abate; diminish, dwindle, shrink; (in number/amount); be subtracted;; lose vigor/intensity, decline/weaken/fade influence/reputation; grow shorter;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...quam flumen impetum dedit et quam, donec decrescat, uerberabit. Potest fieri ut aliquam regionem riuus affluens exedat..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...sunt quae asyndeta diximus). In his cavendum ne decrescat oratio, et fortiori subiungatur aliquid infirmius, ut sacrilego..."VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...vobis infelicissima mater petit, ne maximi sceleris ideo decrescat invidia, quia pati videtur et reus ex orbitate tantundem..."