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escensio

escensio · f

an ascension

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What it meant

ēscensĭo — Lewis & Short

ēscensĭo, ōnis, f.escendo,

I an ascension, a mounting, climbing, going up: adversus regem escensionem a Paesto facientem pugnare, Liv. 8, 17, 9: in agrum Uticensem, id. 27, 5, 8: ad urbem, id. 27, 29, 7; 28, 8, 8; 37, 17, 3.—Plur.: in agros, Liv. 29, 28, 5.—
II Esp., a disembarkation, landing: ab navibus in terram, Liv. 22, 20, 4: classis escensionem ad populandum fecit, id. 44, 10, 11.

In the wild

6 of 11 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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