decrementum

Latin

Etymology

decresco +‎ -mentum.

Noun

dēcrēmentum n (genitive dēcrēmentī); second declension

diminution, decrease

Inflection

Second declension.

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

English: decrement
Italian: decremento
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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