decrescentia

Latin

Etymology

From dēcrēscēns +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deː.kreːsˈkɛn.ti.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [de.kreʃˈʃɛn.t͡si.a]

Noun

dēcrēscentia f (genitive dēcrēscentiae); first declension

1. a decreasing, waning

Declension

First-declension noun.

	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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016