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conscendo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From con- +‎ scandō (climb, mount).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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cōnscendō (present infinitive cōnscendere, perfect active cōnscendī, supine cōnscēnsum); third conjugation

  1. to climb up, ascend or scale
    Synonyms: īnscendō, ascendō, escendō, succēdō, scandō, superscandō, suprascandō, ēnītor, subeō, ērēpō
    Antonyms: dēscendō, dēcurrō
  2. to mount (a horse)
  3. to board (a ship)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • conscendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • conscendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • conscendo 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: conscendere equum
    • to embark: navem conscendere, ascendere