View source for decresco

{{LaEn
|lnetxt=decresco decrescere, decrevi, decretus V :: decrease; abate; diminish, dwindle, shrink; (in number/amount); be subtracted<br />decresco decresco decrescere, decrevi, decretus V :: lose vigor/intensity, decline/weaken/fade influence/reputation; grow storter
}}
{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>dē-cresco</b>: crēvi, crētum, 3, v. n.<br /><b>I</b> 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,<br /><b>II</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Poet., of the [[gradual]] [[disappearance]] of places as one removes [[farther]] from [[them]], Stat. Ach. 2, 308; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 189.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Pregn., to [[pass]] [[away]] by [[diminution]]; to [[vanish]], [[disappear]]: cornua decrescunt, etc., Ov. M. 1, 740.
}}
{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dēcrēscō</b>,¹² 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 &#124;&#124; corpora procerioribus admota decrescunt Plin. Min. [[Pan]]. 61, 2, les corps rapprochés de corps [[plus]] grands s’en trouvent diminués &#124;&#124; [poét.] décroître aux yeux, disparaître : Stat. Ach. 1, 462. part. pass. [[decretus]] Læv. d. Prisc. Gramm. 9, 49, diminué.||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.
}}
{{Georges
|georg=dē-crēsco, crēvī, crētum, ere, im [[Wachstum]] [[abnehmen]], I) im engern Sinne, v. eigentlichen [[Wachstum]] in der [[Natur]] (Ggstz. crescere), ostreis et conchyliis omnibus contingere, ut cum [[luna]] [[pariter]] crescant pariterque decrescant, Cic. de div. 2, 33. – II) im weitern Sinne, der [[Größe]], der [[Höhe]], dem [[Umfang]], der [[Menge]], [[Zahl]] usw. [[nach]] [[abnehmen]], [[wieder]] od. [[immer]] kleiner [[werden]], [[von]] seiner [[Größe]] usw. [[verlieren]], [[sich]] [[vermindern]], [[entschwinden]], [[fallen]], a) im Sinne [[des]] Wiederkleinerwerdens (Ggstz. crescere, augeri), v. Holze, contignationes umore crescentes [[aut]] siccitate decrescentes, Vitr.: v. Quellen, Gewässern, [[fons]] [[ter]] in die statis auctibus ac deminutionibus crescit decrescitque, Plin. ep.: [[fons]] [[eodem]] [[quo]] [[Nilus]] [[modo]] ac [[pariter]] cum eo decrescit augeturque, Plin.: decrescit [[fons]] [[multum]] ex nocturno calore, Curt.: decrescunt [[aestus]], [[Varro]] LL.: [[aestus]] ad mensuram crescit iterumque decrescit, Sen.: [[decrescentia]] flumina, [[nicht]] [[weiter]] übergetretene, Hor. – v. [[Feuer]], [[globus]] ([[ignis]]) [[paulatim]] decrescens, [[Mela]]. – v. Monde, si [[modo]] [[luna]] decrescit, Col.: decrescente lunā (Ggstz. crescente lunā), Col. – v. Tage, ut [[dies]] crevit decrevitque, Plin. ep. – v. Krankheiten, [[donec]] [[morbus]] decrescere incipiat, Cels.: si [[febris]] [[non]] decrescit, [[sed]] crescere desiit, Cels. – b) im Sinne [[des]] Immerkleinerwerdens, α) der [[Größe]], dem Umfange, dem Grade [[nach]], [[uncus]] aratri [[ferreus]] [[occulte]] decrescit in arvis, Lucr.: surgit [[humus]]; crescunt [[loca]] decrescentibus undis, Ov.: fugiunt e corpore setae; cornua decrescunt, [[werden]] kleiner u. kleiner (so daß [[sie]] [[endlich]] [[ganz]] [[verschwinden]]), Ov.: accidit ut corpora [[quamlibet]] ardua et excelsa procerioribus admota decrescant, Plin. pan. – poet. v. Örtl., die [[durch]] die [[Entfernung]] [[von]] ihnen unserem [[Auge]] [[immer]] kleiner [[vorkommen]], [[iam]] linquitur [[Aetna]] totaque decrescit [[refugo]] [[Trinacria]] visu, Claud. rapt. Pros. 1, 189 sq. ([[dagegen]] Stat. Ach. 2, 308 [[jetzt]] Queck decedere). – v. Abstr., [[valetudo]] decrescit, accrescit [[labor]], Plaut.: [[tantum]] animorum [[nobis]] in [[dies]] decrescit, Liv.: ut possitis aestimare, in [[quantum]] [[cotidie]] ingenia decrescant, Sen. rhet.: [[admiratio]] decrescit, Quint.: ne a potentissimis ad levissima decrescat [[oratio]], Quint. – β) der [[Menge]], [[Summe]] [[nach]], [[semper]] pudici decrescet [[mihi]] [[turba]] chori? Stat. silv. 2, 3, 26: decrescente reditu (agelli) [[etiam]] [[pretium]] minuit, Plin. ep. 6, 3, 1. – / [[Passiv]], [[nocte]] dieque [[decretum]] et auctum, Laev. erotop. fr. 3 ([[bei]] Prisc. 9, 49).
}}
{{LaZh
|lnztxt=decresco, is, crevi, cretum, crescere. n. 3. :: 減。自小。退。Vestes decrescunt pueris (''dat''.) 孩衣渐短。Aestus decrescit 退潮。
}}