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descensus
descensus
Latin
Noun
dēscensus m (genitive dēscensūs); fourth declension
- a descent
- a descending path
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēscensus | dēscensūs |
| genitive | dēscensūs | dēscensuum |
| dative | dēscensuī | dēscensibus |
| accusative | dēscensum | dēscensūs |
| ablative | dēscensū | dēscensibus |
| vocative | dēscensus | dēscensūs |
Derived terms
Participle
dēscensus m (feminine dēscensa, neuter dēscensum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | dēscensus | dēscensa | dēscensum | dēscensī | dēscensae | dēscensa | |
| genitive | dēscensī | dēscensae | dēscensī | dēscensōrum | dēscensārum | dēscensōrum | |
| dative | dēscensō | dēscensō | dēscensīs | ||||
| accusative | dēscensum | dēscensam | dēscensum | dēscensōs | dēscensās | dēscensa | |
| ablative | dēscensō | dēscensā | dēscensō | dēscensīs | |||
| vocative | dēscense | dēscensa | dēscensum | dēscensī | dēscensae | dēscensa | |
Related terms
References
- descensus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- descensus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- DESCENSUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “descensus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.