descend Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. descendo, di, sum, 32. dēgrĕdior, gressus sum, 33. dēlābor, lapsus sum, 3 (with slow, gliding motion)4. dēmitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (with pron. refl.)5. rŭo, rŭi, rŭtum, 3 (with violence)II. Fig.1. descendo, 32. dēlābor, 3 (to fall into insensibly3. dēmitto (with pron. refl. or in pass.)III. Of property; to come to in course of inheritance1. pervĕnio, vēni, etc., 42. vĕnio, 4IV. To be descendedV. To make a descent upon • descend: I. Lit.: 1. descendo, di, sum, 3: to d. from the heights into the plain, ex superioribus locis in planitiem d., Caes.: Liv.: to d. from the rostra, de rostris d., Cic.: to d. from a horse, ex equo d., Liv.: v. to dismount: to d. from heaven, coelo d., Hor.: a coelo, Virg.; e coelo, Juv.: Cic. 2. dēgrĕdior, gressus sum, 3: they dared not d. to the plain, in aequum d. non audebant, Tac.: Caecina received orders to d. the Pennine Alps, C. Penninis Alpibus d. jussus, Tac. 3. dēlābor, lapsus sum, 3 (with slow, gliding motion): a divine man d.'d from heaven, de coelo divinus homo delapsus, Cic.: v. to glide down. 4. dēmitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (with pron. refl.): the greater part of the army had d.'d into a large valley, se major pars agminis in magnam convallem demiserat, Caes. 5. rŭo, rŭi, rŭtum, 3 (with violence): the lofty sky d.s (in rain), r. arduus aether, Virg. II. Fig.: to come down, lower oneself to: 1. descendo, 3: to d. to the trade of a slave-dealer, ad mangonicos quaestus d., Suet.: to d. to every kind of entreaty, in omnes preces d., Virg. (In Cic. the word does not imply humiliation, but voluntary concession.) 2. dēlābor, 3 (to fall into insensibly: v. TO FALL INTO): to d. to a freedwoman's love, in amorem libertae d., Tac. 3. dēmitto (with pron. refl. or in pass.): to d. to flattery, in adulationem demitti, Tac. Phr.: to d. eagerly into servitude, ruere in servitium, Tac.: to d. to the level of brutes, omnem humanitatem exuere, Cic. III. Of property; to come to in course of inheritance: 1. pervĕnio, vēni, etc., 4: to d. to any one by right (of money, etc.), ad quempiam p. jure, Cic. 2. vĕnio, 4: this d.'d to me by inheritance, hoc mihi hereditate venit, Cic. (also obvenit, Plin.). Phr.: O noble custom and training which has descended to us from our ancestors! O praeclarum morem disciplinamque, quam a majoribus accepimus! Cic. IV. To be descended: v. descended. V. To make a descent upon: v. descent.