ascendo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʃˈʃen.do/, /aʃˈʃɛn.do/
• Rhymes: -endo, -ɛndo
• Hyphenation: a‧scén‧do, a‧scèn‧do

Verb

ascendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ascendere

Anagrams

• asconde, secando, seconda

Latin

Alternative forms

• adscendō

Etymology

From ad- (“[up] to”) +‎ scandō (“climb”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /asˈken.doː/, [äs̠ˈkɛn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aʃˈʃen.do/, [äʃˈʃɛn̪d̪o]

Verb

ascendō (present infinitive ascendere, perfect active ascendī, supine ascēnsum); third conjugation

1. to climb up, to go up, to move upwards

   Synonyms: conscendō, escendō, īnscendō, succēdō, scandō, ēnītor, superscandō, suprascandō, subeō, ērēpō

   Antonyms: dēscendō, dēcurrō

2. to rise, spring up

   Synonyms: orior, prōdeō, surgō

Conjugation

Conjugation of ascendō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ascendō	ascendis	ascendit	ascendimus	ascenditis	ascendunt
	imperfect	ascendēbam	ascendēbās	ascendēbat	ascendēbāmus	ascendēbātis	ascendēbant
	future	ascendam	ascendēs	ascendet	ascendēmus	ascendētis	ascendent
	perfect	ascendī	ascendistī	ascendit	ascendimus	ascendistis	ascendērunt, ascendēre
	pluperfect	ascenderam	ascenderās	ascenderat	ascenderāmus	ascenderātis	ascenderant
	future perfect	ascenderō	ascenderis	ascenderit	ascenderimus	ascenderitis	ascenderint
passive	present	ascendor	ascenderis, ascendere	ascenditur	ascendimur	ascendiminī	ascenduntur
	imperfect	ascendēbar	ascendēbāris, ascendēbāre	ascendēbātur	ascendēbāmur	ascendēbāminī	ascendēbantur
	future	ascendar	ascendēris, ascendēre	ascendētur	ascendēmur	ascendēminī	ascendentur
	perfect	ascēnsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ascēnsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ascēnsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ascendam	ascendās	ascendat	ascendāmus	ascendātis	ascendant
	imperfect	ascenderem	ascenderēs	ascenderet	ascenderēmus	ascenderētis	ascenderent
	perfect	ascenderim	ascenderīs	ascenderit	ascenderīmus	ascenderītis	ascenderint
	pluperfect	ascendissem	ascendissēs	ascendisset	ascendissēmus	ascendissētis	ascendissent
passive	present	ascendar	ascendāris, ascendāre	ascendātur	ascendāmur	ascendāminī	ascendantur
	imperfect	ascenderer	ascenderēris, ascenderēre	ascenderētur	ascenderēmur	ascenderēminī	ascenderentur
	perfect	ascēnsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ascēnsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ascende	—	—	ascendite	—
	future	—	ascenditō	ascenditō	—	ascenditōte	ascenduntō
passive	present	—	ascendere	—	—	ascendiminī	—
	future	—	ascenditor	ascenditor	—	—	ascenduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ascendere	ascendisse	ascēnsūrum esse	ascendī	ascēnsum esse	ascēnsum īrī
participles		ascendēns	—	ascēnsūrus	—	ascēnsus	ascendendus, ascendundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ascendendī	ascendendō	ascendendum	ascendendō	ascēnsum	ascēnsū

Derived terms

• ascēnsibilis
• ascēnsiō
• ascēnsor

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: ascendir
• → English: ascend
• → Esperanto: ascendi
• → French: ascendre
• → Galician: ascender
• → Ido: acensar
• → Interlingua: ascender
• Italian: ascendere
• → Portuguese: ascender
• → Spanish: ascender
• → Welsh: esgyn

References

• “ascendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ascendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ascendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to mount: ascendere in equum
    
  • to attain a position of dignity: dignitatis gradum ascendere
    
  • to rise, mount to the honours of office: ad honores ascendere
    
  • to scale the walls by means of ladders: positis scalis muros ascendere
    
  • to embark: navem conscendere, ascendere
    

Portuguese

Verb

ascendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ascender