decrementum

Latin

Etymology

decresco +‎ -mentum.

Noun

dēcrēmentum n (genitive dēcrēmentī); second declension

diminution, decrease

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēcrēmentum	dēcrēmenta
Genitive	dēcrēmentī	dēcrēmentōrum
Dative	dēcrēmentō	dēcrēmentīs
Accusative	dēcrēmentum	dēcrēmenta
Ablative	dēcrēmentō	dēcrēmentīs
Vocative	dēcrēmentum	dēcrēmenta

Synonyms

dēminūtiō

Related terms

dēcrēscō

Descendants

→ Catalan: decrement
→ English: decrement
→ Italian: decremento
→ Romanian: decrement
→ Russian: декреме́нт (dekremént)
→ Spanish: decremento

References

“decrementum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
decrementum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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