ascensio

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See also: ascensió

Latin

Etymology

ascendō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

ascēnsiō f (genitive ascēnsiōnis); third declension

  1. ascent, ascension
    Synonyms: ēscēnsiō, inscensio, cōnscēnsiō, cōnscēnsus, ascēnsus, escēnsus
    Antonyms: dēscēnsus, dēcursiō, dēscēnsiō, dēcursus
  2. progress, advancement
  3. flight of stairs
  4. (Ecclesiastical Latin) the Ascension

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ascēnsiō ascēnsiōnēs
Genitive ascēnsiōnis ascēnsiōnum
Dative ascēnsiōnī ascēnsiōnibus
Accusative ascēnsiōnem ascēnsiōnēs
Ablative ascēnsiōne ascēnsiōnibus
Vocative ascēnsiō ascēnsiōnēs

Descendants

References

  • ascensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ascensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ascensio 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)
  • ascensio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.