ascensus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of ascendō.

Participle

ascēnsus (feminine ascēnsa, neuter ascēnsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. ascended
  2. risen

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ascēnsus ascēnsa ascēnsum ascēnsī ascēnsae ascēnsa
Genitive ascēnsī ascēnsae ascēnsī ascēnsōrum ascēnsārum ascēnsōrum
Dative ascēnsō ascēnsō ascēnsīs
Accusative ascēnsum ascēnsam ascēnsum ascēnsōs ascēnsās ascēnsa
Ablative ascēnsō ascēnsā ascēnsō ascēnsīs
Vocative ascēnse ascēnsa ascēnsum ascēnsī ascēnsae ascēnsa

Noun

ascēnsus m (genitive ascēnsūs); fourth declension

  1. ascent
    Synonyms: cōnscēnsus, cōnscēnsiō, ēscēnsiō, ascēnsiō, inscensio, escēnsus
    Antonyms: dēscēnsus, dēcursiō, dēscēnsiō, dēcursus
  2. scaling (of a wall)
  3. approach

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ascēnsus ascēnsūs
Genitive ascēnsūs ascēnsuum
Dative ascēnsuī ascēnsibus
Accusative ascēnsum ascēnsūs
Ablative ascēnsū ascēnsibus
Vocative ascēnsus ascēnsūs

References

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