Italian

Verb

ascendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ascendere

Anagrams

• asconde
• secando
• seconda

Latin

Alternative forms

• adscendō

Etymology

From ad- ‎(“[up] to”) +‎ scandō ‎(“climb”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /asˈken.doː/, [asˈkɛn.doː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈʃen.do/

Verb

ascendō ‎(present infinitive ascendere, perfect active ascendī, supine ascēnsum); third conjugation

1. I climb up, go up.
2. I rise, spring up.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (climb up): conscendō, ēscendō, īnscendō, scandō
• (rise): orior, prōdeō, surgō

Derived terms

• adscensibilis / ascensibilis
• adscēnsiō / ascēnsiō
• adscensor / ascensor

Descendants

References

• ascendo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ascendo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ascendo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to mount: ascendere in equum
    
  • to attain a position of dignity: dignitatis gradum ascendere
    
  • to rise, mount to the honours of office: ad honores ascendere
    
  • to scale the walls by means of ladders: positis scalis muros ascendere
    
  • to embark: navem conscendere, ascendere
    

Portuguese

Verb

ascendo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of ascender