decrescunt
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;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...chori, dapibus ludoque licenti fit modus et primae decrescunt murmura noctis, cum consanguinei mixtus caligine Leti rore madens..."Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...aegida caelat Mulciber et castis exornat Pallada donis. decrescunt scopuli, et rosea sub luce reversi artifices mirantur opus..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quod ante fuit: fugiunt e corpore saetae, cornua decrescunt, fit luminis artior orbis, contrahitur rictus, redeunt umerique manusque..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quid meruit frater? cur illi tradita sorte aequora decrescunt et ab aethere longius absunt? quodsi nec fratris..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quod ante fuit: fugiunt e corpore saetae, cornua decrescunt, fit luminis artior orbis, contrahitur rictus, redeunt umerique manusque..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...aurum, Lectaque diverso litore concha venit: Nec quia decrescunt effosso marmore montes, Nec quia caeruleae mole fugantur aquae..."