crescentia
From LSJ
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
Latin > English
crescentia crescentiae N F :: increase, lengthening; augmentation (L+S)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
crescentĭa: ae, f. cresco,
I an increase, augmentation: dierum (opp. brevitates), Vitr. 9, 9, 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
crēscentĭa, æ, f. (cresco), accroissement : Vitr. Arch. 9, 8, 7.
Latin > German (Georges)
crēscentia, ae, f. (cresco), das Wachsen, Zunehmen, correptiones dierum aut crescentiae, Vitr. 9, 8 (9), 7: brevitates et crescentiae horarum, ibid.
