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descensus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Perfect passive participle of dēscendō (descend).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dēscēnsus m (genitive dēscēnsūs); fourth declension

  1. a descent
    Synonyms: dēcursiō, dēscēnsiō, dēcursus
    Antonyms: ēscēnsiō, ascēnsiō, inscensiō, cōnscēnsiō, cōnscēnsus, ascēnsus, escēnsus
  2. a descending path

Declension

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Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dēscēnsus dēscēnsūs
genitive dēscēnsūs dēscēnsuum
dative dēscēnsuī dēscēnsibus
accusative dēscēnsum dēscēnsūs
ablative dēscēnsū dēscēnsibus
vocative dēscēnsus dēscēnsūs

Derived terms

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Participle

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dēscēnsus (feminine dēscēnsa, neuter dēscēnsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. descended, come down, having come down.

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

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Descendants

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  • Italian: disceso

References

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  • descensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • descensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • descensus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • descensus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.