decrescentia

Latin

Etymology

From dēcrēscēns +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /deː.kreːsˈken.ti.a/, [d̪eːkreːs̠ˈkɛn̪t̪iä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.kreʃˈʃen.t͡si.a/, [d̪ekreʃˈʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

dēcrēscentia f (genitive dēcrēscentiae); first declension

  1. a decreasing, waning

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dēcrēscentia dēcrēscentiae
Genitive dēcrēscentiae dēcrēscentiārum
Dative dēcrēscentiae dēcrēscentiīs
Accusative dēcrēscentiam dēcrēscentiās
Ablative dēcrēscentiā dēcrēscentiīs
Vocative dēcrēscentia dēcrēscentiae

Participle

dēcrēscentia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of dēcrēscēns

References
  • “decrescentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • decrescentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • decrescentia in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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