rise (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The act of ascending1. ortus, ūs2. ascensio (rare)3. ascensus, ūsII. incrēmentum • rise (subs.): I. The act of ascending: Lit.: v. rising. Fig.: 1. ortus, ūs: the r. of the tribunician power, o. tribuniciae potestatis, Cic. Leg. 3, 8, 19: v. beginning, origin. 2. ascensio (rare): the r. of orators (to perfection), a. oratorum, Cic. Brut. 36, 137. 3. ascensus, ūs: the r. to a higher and more honourable post, ad honoris amplioris gradum a., Lex in Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7. II. incrēmentum: v. increase.