descensio
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːsˈken.si.oː/, [d̪eːs̠ˈkẽːs̠ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deʃˈʃen.si.o/, [d̪eʃˈʃɛnsio]
Noun
dēscēnsiō f (genitive dēscēnsiōnis); third declension
- descent, descending
- Synonyms: dēscēnsus, dēcursiō, dēcursus
- Antonyms: ēscēnsiō, ascēnsiō, inscensio, cōnscēnsiō, cōnscēnsus, ascēnsus, escēnsus
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “descensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “descensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- descensio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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