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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + scandō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dēscendō (present infinitive dēscendere, perfect active dēscendī, supine dēscēnsum); third conjugation
- to climb down, to go or come down, to descend
- Synonym: dēcurrō
- Antonyms: ascendō, īnscendō, cōnscendō, escendō, ēnītor, scandō, superscandō, subeō, ērēpō
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.490–491:
- “ mūgīre vidēbis / sub pedibus terram, et dēscendere montibus ornōs.”
- “ You’ll see: the earth to rumble under your feet, and ash trees to come down from the mountains.”
- to march down
- to pierce, to penetrate
- to slope down (said of mountains)
- to sink (said of the voice)
- to lower oneself, to stoop
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “descendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “descendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- descendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to dismount: descendere ex equo
- to be reduced to one's last resource: ad extremum auxilium descendere
- to consent to..., lend oneself to..: descendere ad aliquid, ad omnia (vid. sect. V. 9, note Similarly descendere...)
- to have recourse to extreme measures: descendere ad extrema consilia (Fam. 10. 33. 4)
- what he said made a deep impression on..: hoc verbum alte descendit in pectus alicuius
- to descend to the world below: ad inferos descendere
- to have recourse to force of arms: ad vim et arma descendere (vid. sect. V. 9, note Similarly...)
- to engage in the fight: in certamen descendere
- to enter the field of battle: in aciem descendere (Liv. 8. 8)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
descendo
- gerund of descer
Verb
descendo
- first-person singular present indicative of descender