descensio

Latin

Etymology

From dēscendō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːsˈken.si.oː/, [d̪eːs̠ˈkẽːs̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deʃˈʃen.si.o/, [d̪eʃˈʃɛnsio]

Noun

dēscēnsiō f (genitive dēscēnsiōnis); third declension

1. descent, descending

   Synonyms: dēscēnsus, dēcursiō, dēcursus

   Antonyms: ēscēnsiō, ascēnsiō, inscensio, cōnscēnsiō, cōnscēnsus, ascēnsus, escēnsus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēscēnsiō	dēscēnsiōnēs
Genitive	dēscēnsiōnis	dēscēnsiōnum
Dative	dēscēnsiōnī	dēscēnsiōnibus
Accusative	dēscēnsiōnem	dēscēnsiōnēs
Ablative	dēscēnsiōne	dēscēnsiōnibus
Vocative	dēscēnsiō	dēscēnsiōnēs

References

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