LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

ascēnsiō

ascēnsiō f (genitive ascēnsiōnis)

Meaning

  1. ascent, ascension
  2. progress, advancement
  3. flight of stairs
  4. EcclesiasticalLatinthe Ascension

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeascēnsiōascēnsiōnēs
genitiveascēnsiōnisascēnsiōnum
dativeascēnsiōnīascēnsiōnibus
accusativeascēnsiōnemascēnsiōnēs
ablativeascēnsiōneascēnsiōnibus
vocativeascēnsiōascēnsiōnēs

ascensĭo (ads-), ōnis, f. id.,
I. an ascending, ascent (more rare than ascensus).
I. A.. Lit.: ad hirundininum nidum ascensionem ut faceret, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 7: graduum, Vitr. 9, 1, p. 208 Rode: via ascensionis, Vulg. 1 Par. 26, 16: dies ascensionis suae de terrā Aegypti, ib. Osee, 2, 15.—
B. Trop.: quorum (oratorum) quae fuerit ascensio et quam in omnibus rebus difficilis optimi perfectio, etc., a rising, soaring, * Cic. Brut. 36, 137: ascensiones in corde suo disposuit, Vulg. Psa. 83, 6.—
II. Meton., means of ascent: aedificat in caelo ascensionem, Vulg Amos, 9, 6.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ascēnsiō From ascendō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanascensió
  • Englishascension
  • Frenchascension
  • GermanAszension
  • Italianascensione
  • Portugueseascensão
  • Romanianascensiune
  • Spanishascensión
  • Galicianascensión

In English words that came into English from ascēnsiō

  • ascensionascēnsiō

Quick answers

What does ascēnsiō mean in Latin?
ascēnsiō, a noun, means “ascent, ascension; progress, advancement; flight of stairs”.
What is the genitive of ascēnsiō?
The genitive singular is ascēnsiōnis. ascēnsiō is feminine, third declension.