escensio

Latin

Etymology

escendō (“to climb up”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /esˈken.si.oː/, [ɛs̠ˈkẽːs̠ioː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eʃˈʃen.si.o/, [eʃˈʃɛnsio]

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.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	escēnsiō	escēnsiōnēs
Genitive	escēnsiōnis	escēnsiōnum
Dative	escēnsiōnī	escēnsiōnibus
Accusative	escēnsiōnem	escēnsiōnēs
Ablative	escēnsiōne	escēnsiōnibus
Vocative	escēnsiō	escēnsiōnēs

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

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