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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *skend-der.

Latin scandō

Latin ascendō

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [asˈkɛn.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aʃˈʃɛn.do]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		ascendere			ascendī			ascendēns			—
future		ascēnsūrum esse			ascēnsum īrī			ascēnsūrus			ascendendus, ascendundus
perfect		ascendisse			ascēnsum esse			—			ascēnsus
future perfect		—			ascēnsum fore			—			—
perfect potential		ascēnsūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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