noun · masculinefourth declension
ascēnsus
ascēnsus m (genitive ascēnsūs)
Meaning
- ascent
- scaling (of a wall)
- approach
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ascent, way up
ascēnsus -ūs (m) — in De Bello Gallico II and De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ascēnsus | ascēnsūs |
| genitive | ascēnsūs | ascēnsuum adscēnsuum |
| dative | ascēnsuī adscēnsuī | ascēnsibus adscēnsibus |
| accusative | ascēnsum adscēnsum | ascēnsūs |
| ablative | ascēnsū adscēnsū | ascēnsibus adscēnsibus |
| vocative | ascēnsus | ascēnsūs |
ascensus (ads-), a, um, Part. of ascendo.
ascensus (ads-), ūs, m. ascendo,
I. an ascending, ascent.
I. A.. Lit.:
primos prohibere ascensu coeperunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 32: homines audaces ab ejus templi aditu atque ascensu repulisti, Cic. Dom. 21: quod hosti aditum ascensum ve difficilem praeberet, Liv. 25, 36 summi fastigia tecti Ascensu supero, Verg. A. 2, 303 ascensus muri, Vulg. 2 Esdr. 12, 36. ascensus altaris, ib. Eccli. 50, 12. adscensus siderum, a rising of the stars to our hemisphere, Plin. 29, 4, 15, § 59: ascensus aurorae, Vulg. 2 Esdr. 4, 21; ib. Jon. 4, 7.—Also in plur: hostes partim scalis ascensus tentant, Liv 36, 24.—B. Trop.:
ollisque ad honoris amplioris gradum is primus ascensus esto, Cic. Leg. 3, 3; olla propter quae datur homini ascensus in caelum, id. ib. 2, 8.—II. Meton. (abstr. for concr., cf.. aditus, accessus, etc.), a place by which one ascends, an approach, ascent:
inambulans atque ascensu ingrediens arduo, Cic. de Or 1, 61, 261 difficilis atque arduus, id. Verr 2, 4, 23: riget arduus alto Tmolus in ascensu, Ov. M. 11, 151: quae aedes tribunal habent et ascensum, a flight of stairs, ascent, Vitr. 4, 7, p. 93 Rode; so id. 5, 6, p. 111 Rode.—In plur ut obtinerent ascensus montium, Vulg. Judith, 2, 6; ib. 1 Reg. 14, 4.—Trop.. in virtute multi ascensus many degrees, Cic. Planc. 25 Wund.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ascēnsus (adsc-)
P. of ascendo.
ascēnsus (adsc-) ūs, m
ascendo, a climbing, ascent: primos prohibere ascensu, Cs.: difficilis, L.: mollioris ascensūs via, L.: fastigia Ascensu supero, V.—Fig., a rising: ad civitatem, to citizenship.—A way up, approach, ascent: agger ascensum dat Gallis, Cs.: arduus: in circuitu, i. e. winding, Cs.: riget Tmolus in ascensu, O.—Fig.: in virtute multi sunt ascensūs.
Origins
Perfect passive participle of ascendō.
Descendants
- Catalanascens
- Portugueseascenso
- Spanishascenso
- Galicianascenso
- Tagalogasensofrom Spanish ascenso