decrease (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. dēcrescentia (waning)2. immĭnūtio (most gen. term)3. dēmĭnūtio • decrease (subs.): 1. dēcrescentia (waning): the daily d. of the moon, lunae quotidiana d., Vitr. 2. immĭnūtio (most gen. term): without any d. of your dignity, sine ulla im. dignitatis tuae, Cic. 3. dēmĭnūtio: v. diminution. (Or expr. by verb: as, the increase or d. of anything, *quantum quid auctum imminutumve sit: v. to diminish.)