dē-cresco Copy link Outline I. Orig., to grow less, grow shorter, decrease, wane ...II. In gen., to decrease, become less, diminish ...b. Poet., of the gradual disappearance of places as one removes farther from them, ...B. Pregn., to pass away by diminution; to vanish, disappear ... ⓘdēcrēscī | que: pres inf pass • dē-cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3, v. n. I. Orig., to grow less, grow shorter, decrease, wane (as the moon, bodies of water, the length of the day, etc.): ostreae cum luna pariter crescunt pariterque decrescunt, * Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33: crescunt loca decrescentibus undis, Ov. M. 1, 345; cf.: aequora, id. ib. 2, 292; and: decrescentia flumina, * Hor. Od. 4, 7, 3: die decrescente (coupled with quo rursus crescente), Plin. 2, 59, 60, § 151: ubi febris fuit atque decrevit, Cels. 3, 6; cf.: morbus, id. ib. 20 al.: nocte dieque decretum et auctum, Laev. ap. Prisc. p. 869 P.; of the waters of the flood, Vulg. Gen. 8, 5.—Hence, II. In gen., to decrease, become less, diminish: uncus aratri Ferreus occulte decrescit in arvis, i. e. wears away, Lucr. 1, 315; id. 5, 536; Quint. 5, 12, 14; 9, 4, 23: admiratio decrescit, id. 1, 3, 5: metus matrum, Sil. 7, 82 et saep.: ut corpora quamlibet ardua et excelsa, procerioribus admota decrescant, i. e. seem smaller, Plin. Pan. 61, 2: decrescente reditu (agelli) etiam pretium minuit, Plin. Ep. 6, 3, 1.— b. Poet., of the gradual disappearance of places as one removes farther from them, Stat. Ach. 2, 308; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 189.—* B. Pregn., to pass away by diminution; to vanish, disappear: cornua decrescunt, etc., Ov. M. 1, 740.
dēcrēscō Copy link ⓘdēcrēscī | que: pres inf pass • dēcrēscō, crēvī, crētum, ĕre, intr., décroître, diminuer, se rapetisser : Cic. Div. 2, 33 ; Lucr. 5, 535 ; Hor. O. 4, 7, 3 ; Ov. M. 2, 292 ; Quint. 1, 3, 5 ; 5, 12, 14 || corpora procerioribus admota decrescunt Plin. Min. Pan. 61, 2, les corps rapprochés de corps plus grands s'en trouvent diminués || [poét.] décroître aux yeux, disparaître : Stat. Ach. 1, 462. ➳ part. pass. decretus Læv. d. Prisc. Gramm. 9, 49, diminué.
decresco Copy link ⓘdēcrēscī | que: pres inf pass DECRESCO eui, etum, ere. [μειοῦμαι] Diminui, quasi retro crescere. […] 🗁 Page Scan