descensus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dēscendō (“descend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːsˈken.sus/, [d̪eːs̠ˈkẽːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deʃˈʃen.sus/, [d̪eʃˈʃɛnsus]

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.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēscēnsus	dēscēnsūs
Genitive	dēscēnsūs	dēscēnsuum
Dative	dēscēnsuī	dēscēnsibus
Accusative	dēscēnsum	dēscēnsūs
Ablative	dēscēnsū	dēscēnsibus
Vocative	dēscēnsus	dēscēnsūs

Derived terms

• facilis dēscēnsus Avernō

Participle

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

1. descended, come down, having come down.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dēscēnsus	dēscēnsa	dēscēnsum		dēscēnsī	dēscēnsae	dēscēnsa
Genitive	dēscēnsī	dēscēnsae	dēscēnsī		dēscēnsōrum	dēscēnsārum	dēscēnsōrum
Dative	dēscēnsō		dēscēnsō		dēscēnsīs
Accusative	dēscēnsum	dēscēnsam	dēscēnsum		dēscēnsōs	dēscēnsās	dēscēnsa
Ablative	dēscēnsō	dēscēnsā	dēscēnsō		dēscēnsīs
Vocative	dēscēnse	dēscēnsa	dēscēnsum		dēscēnsī	dēscēnsae	dēscēnsa

Related terms

• dēscendō

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.