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Latin
Etymology
From con- + scandō (“climb, mount”).
Pronunciation
Verb
cōnscendō (present infinitive cōnscendere, perfect active cōnscendī, supine cōnscēnsum); third conjugation
- to climb up, ascend or scale
- Synonyms: īnscendō, ascendō, escendō, succēdō, scandō, superscandō, suprascandō, ēnītor, subeō, ērēpō
- Antonyms: dēscendō, dēcurrō
- to mount (a horse)
- to board (a ship)
Conjugation
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References
- “conscendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “conscendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- conscendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to mount: conscendere equum
- to embark: navem conscendere, ascendere