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“descent” in Latin
dēscēnsiōdescent, descendingdēscendōto climb down, to go or come down, to descend; to march down; to pierce, to penetratecāsusa fall, downwards movement; accident, chance; an event, happening, occurrencelāborto slip, slide, glide; (of fluids) to flow gently; to fall, sink down; to slip, stumbledēclīvitāsa declivity; slope or descentacclīvitāsslope, ascent; steepnessprōclīvitāssteep descent; tendency, proneness, disposition, propensityacclīvisrising, ascending; sloping (upward), uphill; steep (hill)prōclīvisdownward; downhill; prone (to); steep (hence unsafe)irruptiōattack, assault; irruption
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
descent
Act of descending, descensio (post- Augustan, e.g., balinearum, into the bath, Plin.): descensus, us (Sall., ; not Cic., or Caes.): casus; lapsus (fall).
Declivity, declivitas; acclivitas; proclivitas (sloping positions): locus declivis; acclivis; proclivis (*sloping place, whether ascending or descending, since, wherever there is an ascent, there must also be a descent): descensus (way leading downwards; Sall., Hirtius): a very easy descent, facillimi descensus (Hirt.): a hill, that has a gentle descent, or ascent, collis leniter editus: a city built on the descent or ascent of a hill, urbs applicata colli.
Hostile attack, irruptio; incursio; incursus: to make a descent upon, irruptionem, or incursionem facere in, etc.
Extraction, origo; genus; stirps: of noble descent, nobili genere natus: of no mean descent, haud obscuro loco natus: of low descent, ignobili, humili, obscuro loco natus; obscuris ortus majoribus: to trace one’s descent from anybody, originem trahere ab aliquo; originem ducere a or ex aliquo; ad aliquem originem sui referre (in speaking of a remote descent).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for descent?
- The usual Latin words for “descent” are dēscēnsiō, dēscendō, cāsus; also lābor, dēclīvitās, acclīvitās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.