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Italian
Pronunciation
Verb
ascendo
- first-person singular present indicative of ascendere
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Latin
Etymology
From ad- (“ to”) + scandō (“climb”).
Pronunciation
Verb
ascendō (present infinitive ascendere, perfect active ascendī, supine ascēnsum); third conjugation
- to climb up, to go up, to move upwards
- Synonyms: conscendō, escendō, īnscendō, succēdō, scandō, ēnītor, superscandō, suprascandō, subeō, ērēpō
- Antonyms: dēscendō, dēcurrō
- to rise, spring up
- Synonyms: orior, prōdeō, surgō
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References
- “ascendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ascendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ascendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to mount: ascendere in equum
- to attain a position of dignity: dignitatis gradum ascendere
- to rise, mount to the honours of office: ad honores ascendere
- to scale the walls by means of ladders: positis scalis muros ascendere
- to embark: navem conscendere, ascendere
Portuguese
Verb
ascendo
- first-person singular present indicative of ascender