escensio

Latin

Etymology

escendō (“to climb up”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /esˈken.si.oː/, [ɛs̠ˈkẽːs̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eʃˈʃen.si.o/, [eʃˈʃɛnsio]

Noun

escēnsiō f (genitive escēnsiōnis); third declension

1. an ascension, mounting, climbing, going up

   Synonyms: ascēnsiō, inscensio, cōnscēnsiō, cōnscēnsus, ascēnsus, escēnsus

   Antonyms: dēscēnsus, dēcursiō, dēscēnsiō, dēcursus

2. a landing, disembarkation, incursion

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	escēnsiō	escēnsiōnēs
Genitive	escēnsiōnis	escēnsiōnum
Dative	escēnsiōnī	escēnsiōnibus
Accusative	escēnsiōnem	escēnsiōnēs
Ablative	escēnsiōne	escēnsiōnibus
Vocative	escēnsiō	escēnsiōnēs

References

• “escensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “escensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers