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
- L
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..."