dēscensĭo
dēscensĭo, ōnis, f. descendo (postAug.), a going down, descending. Prop.: balinearum, into the bath, Plin. 20, 17, 69, § 178: Tiberina, the sail down the Tiber, Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 70: grando in descensione saltus, upon the thickets, Vulg. Isa. 32, 19.—Hence, * Meton., the bath itself, Gr. ἐμβάσεις, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 26.
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Headword (normalized):
dēscensĭo
Headword (normalized/stripped):
descensio
Intro Text:
dēscensĭo, ōnis, f. descendo (postAug.), a going down, descending. Prop.: balinearum, into the bath, Plin. 20, 17, 69, § 178: Tiberina, the sail down the Tiber, Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 70: grando in descensione saltus, upon the thickets, Vulg. Isa. 32, 19.—Hence, * Meton., the bath itself, Gr. ἐμβάσεις, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 26.
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