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Etymology

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From dē- +‎ scandō.

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Verb

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dēscendō (present infinitive dēscendere, perfect active dēscendī, supine dēscēnsum); third conjugation

  1. 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.”
      “[The magic of the enchantress:] You’ll see: [she’ll cause] the earth to rumble under your feet, and ash trees to come down from the mountains.”
  2. to march down
  3. to pierce, to penetrate
  4. to slope down (said of mountains)
  5. to sink (said of the voice)
  6. to lower oneself, to stoop

Conjugation

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References

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  • 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[1], 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

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Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /dɨʃˈsẽ.du/, /dɨˈʃẽ.du/

Verb

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descendo

  1. gerund of descer

Verb

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descendo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of descender