descensus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dēscendō (“descend”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dēscēnsus m (genitive dēscēnsūs); fourth declension

  1. a descent
    Synonyms: dēcursiō, dēscēnsiō, dēcursus
    Antonyms: ēscēnsiō, ascēnsiō, inscensiō, cōnscēnsiō, cōnscēnsus, ascēnsus, escēnsus
  2. a descending path

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dēscēnsus dēscēnsūs
genitive dēscēnsūs dēscēnsuum
dative dēscēnsuī dēscēnsibus
accusative dēscēnsum dēscēnsūs
ablative dēscēnsū dēscēnsibus
vocative dēscēnsus dēscēnsūs

Derived terms

Participle

dēscēnsus (feminine dēscēnsa, neuter dēscēnsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. descended, come down, having come down.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative dēscēnsus dēscēnsa dēscēnsum dēscēnsī dēscēnsae dēscēnsa
genitive dēscēnsī dēscēnsae dēscēnsī dēscēnsōrum dēscēnsārum dēscēnsōrum
dative dēscēnsō dēscēnsae dēscēnsō dēscēnsīs
accusative dēscēnsum dēscēnsam dēscēnsum dēscēnsōs dēscēnsās dēscēnsa
ablative dēscēnsō dēscēnsā dēscēnsō dēscēnsīs
vocative dēscēnse dēscēnsa dēscēnsum dēscēnsī dēscēnsae dēscēnsa

Descendants

  • Italian: disceso

References

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