descensio

== Latin == === Etymology === From dēscendō + -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːsˈkẽː.si.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [deʃˈʃɛn.si.o] === Noun === dēscēnsiō f (genitive dēscēnsiōnis); third declension descent, descending Synonyms: dēscēnsus, dēcursiō, dēcursus Antonyms: ēscēnsiō, ascēnsiō, inscensio, cōnscēnsiō, cōnscēnsus, ascēnsus, escēnsus ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “descensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “descensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “descensio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.