LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dēscēnsiō

dēscēnsiō f (genitive dēscēnsiōnis)
Classical[deːsˈkẽː.si.oː]Ecclesiastical[deʃˈʃɛn.si.o]

Meaning

  1. descent, descending

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēscēnsiōdēscēnsiōnēs
genitivedēscēnsiōnisdēscēnsiōnum
dativedēscēnsiōnīdēscēnsiōnibus
accusativedēscēnsiōnemdēscēnsiōnēs
ablativedēscēnsiōnedēscēnsiōnibus
vocativedēscēnsiōdēscēnsiōnēs

dēscensĭo, ōnis, f. descendo (postAug.),
I. a going down, descending.
I. Prop.: balinearum, into the bath, Plin. 20, 17, 69, § 178: Tiberina, the sail down the Tiber, Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 70: grando in descensione saltus, upon the thickets, Vulg. Isa. 32, 19.—Hence, *
II. Meton., the bath itself, Gr. ἐμβάσεις, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 26.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēscēnsiō From dēscendō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalandescensió
  • Italiandiscensione
  • Portuguesedescensão
  • Spanishdescención
  • Old Frenchdescension

In English words that came into English from dēscēnsiō

  • descensiondēscēnsiō

Quick answers

What does dēscēnsiō mean in Latin?
dēscēnsiō, a noun, means “descent, descending”.
What is the genitive of dēscēnsiō?
The genitive singular is dēscēnsiōnis. dēscēnsiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce dēscēnsiō?
In classical Latin, [deːsˈkẽː.si.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [deʃˈʃɛn.si.o].