decrementum
From LSJ
τὸν καπνὸν φεύγων εἰς τὸ πῦρ ἐνέπεσεν → out of the frying pan into the fire, from the frying pan into the fire
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dēcrēmentum: i, n. decresco,
I a diminution, decrease (post-class. for deminutio): rerum atque hominum, Gell. 3, 10, 11: lunae, App. M. 11, p. 257.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēcrēmentum, ī, n. (decresco), amoindrissement, diminution : Gell. 3, 10, 11 || décours de la lune : Apul. M. 11, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
dēcrēmentum, ī, n. (decresco), die Abnahme, Verminderung, Gell. 3, 10, 11. Apul. met. 11, 1. Ggstz., decrementa incrementaque lunaria, Augustin. enarr. in psalm. 71, 8.
Latin > English
decrementum decrementi N N :: shrinkage; dimimution; decrease
