Latin

Verb

dēscendō ‎(present infinitive dēscendere, perfect active dēscendī, supine dēscensum); third conjugation

1. I climb down, to come down, to descend
2. I march down
3. I pierce, to penetrate
4. I slope down (said of mountains)
5. I sink (said of the voice)
6. I lower oneself, to stoop

Inflection

Related terms

• ascendō
• condescendo

Descendants

References

• descendo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• descendo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “descendo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to dismount: descendere ex equo
    
  • to be reduced to one's last resource: ad extremum auxilium descendere
    
  • to consent to..., lend oneself to..: descendere ad aliquid, ad omnia (vid. sect. V. 9, note Similarly descendere...)
    
  • to have recourse to extreme measures: descendere ad extrema consilia (Fam. 10. 33. 4)
    
  • what he said made a deep impression on..: hoc verbum alte descendit in pectus alicuius
    
  • to descend to the world below: ad inferos descendere
    
  • to have recourse to force of arms: ad vim et arma descendere (vid. sect. V. 9, note Similarly...)
    
  • to engage in the fight: in certamen descendere
    
  • to enter the field of battle: in aciem descendere (Liv. 8. 8)
    

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃˈsẽdu/

Verb

descendo

1. gerund of descer
2. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of descender