escensio

== Latin == === Etymology === escendō (“to climb up”) +‎ -tiō === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛsˈkẽː.si.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eʃˈʃɛn.si.o] === Noun === escēnsiō f (genitive escēnsiōnis); third declension an ascension, mounting, climbing, going up Synonyms: ascēnsiō, inscensio, cōnscēnsiō, cōnscēnsus, ascēnsus, escēnsus Antonyms: dēscēnsus, dēcursiō, dēscēnsiō, dēcursus a landing, disembarkation, incursion ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === 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