decresce
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. imp. 2nd
Examples
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Parnasi lateant iuga, cesserit Othrys piniger et mersis decrescant rupibus Alpes: diluvio tali paribusque Ariasmenus urget excidiis nullo..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...corpora quamlibet ardua et excelsa, procerioribus admota, decrescant; item, ut altissimae civium dignitates collatione fastigii tui quasi deprimantur..."