embark Copy link Outline A. Trans.B. Intrans.I. Lit.1. conscendo, di, sum, 3 (with navem, in navem or absol.)2. ascendo, di, sum, 3 (usu. with in navem; also sometimes with acc. alone; cf. Nep. Epam. 4, 5; Them. 8, 6, where escend- is a v. l.)3. escendo, di, sum, 3 (to go up on boardII. Fig. • embark: A. Trans.: To put on board: impōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (both with in navem or naves, and absol.): the legions and cavalry were e.'d at Brundisium, legiones equitesque Brundisii in naves impositi, Caes.: the abl. is also found after impono, without prep.: "vetustissima nave impositos," Suet. Caes. 66; also dat. navi (poet.): to e. statues, signa imp., Cic. Fig.: to e. any one in an undertaking, *aliquem implicare, adsciscere (ad aliquam rem): v. to involve, entangle. B. Intrans.: I. Lit.: to go on board ship: 1. conscendo, di, sum, 3 (with navem, in navem or absol.): he e.'d on a transport ship, navem frumentariam conscendit, Caes.: as he was in the act of e.ing, conscendens jam navem, Cic.: I write this letter immediately after e.ing, in (navem) simul atque conscendi, haec scripsi, Cic. (the prep. before navem renders the phrase more precisely descriptive): I should like you to e. with all speed, and come to me, velim quam primum conscendas adque me venias, Cic. 2. ascendo, di, sum, 3 (usu. with in navem; also sometimes with acc. alone; cf. Nep. Epam. 4, 5; Them. 8, 6, where escend- is a v. l.): he e.'d with the ashes of Germanicus, ascendit classem cum cineribus Germanici, Tac. A. 2, 75: Ter. 3. escendo, di, sum, 3 (to go up on board: same constr. as preced.): he e.'d as a stranger to all the crew, in navem omnibus ignotus navibus escendit (al. ascendit), Nep. Them. 8, 6. (Scandere navem is poet.: Prop.) II. Fig.: to enter upon: Phr.: to e. in a cause, descendere in causam (where the figure is borrowed from the arena), Cic.: to e. upon a (particular) course, rationem inire, Cic.: v. TO ENTER UPON.