escensio
Latin
Etymology
escendō (“to climb up”) + -tiō
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛsˈkẽː.si.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eʃˈʃɛn.si.o]
Noun
escēnsiō f (genitive escēnsiōnis); third declension
- an ascension, mounting, climbing, going up
- Synonyms: ascēnsiō, inscensio, cōnscēnsiō, cōnscēnsus, ascēnsus, escēnsus
- Antonyms: dēscēnsus, dēcursiō, dēscēnsiō, dēcursus
- a landing, disembarkation, incursion
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | escēnsiō | escēnsiōnēs |
| genitive | escēnsiōnis | escēnsiōnum |
| dative | escēnsiōnī | escēnsiōnibus |
| accusative | escēnsiōnem | escēnsiōnēs |
| ablative | escēnsiōne | escēnsiōnibus |
| vocative | escēnsiō | escēnsiōnēs |
References
- “escensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “escensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers