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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 13 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• descent:
    1. I. The act of going down:
      1. 1. descensus, ūs: the d. to Avernus, d. Averni, Virg.: Sall.
      2. 2. descensio (rare): Plin.
      3. 3. lapsus, ūs: v. fall.
      4. 4. expr. by verb: during the d., *inter descendendum; interea dum descenditur: v. to descend.
    2. II. A declivity:
      1. 1. descensus, ūs: a steep d.: praeruptus d., Hirt.: Plin.
      2. 2. clīvus, dēclīve: v. declivity, slope.
    3. III. Hostile irruption by sea: exscensio: a d. for the purpose of ravaging the country, (classis) ex. ad populandum, Liv.: to make a d., ex. facere, Liv. Phr.: to make a d. on Africa, in Africam transcendere, transmittere, Liv.
    4. IV. Origin:
      1. 1. ŏrīgo, ĭnis, f.: to derive one's d. from any one, or., ab aliquo ducere, Hor.
      2. 2. gĕnus, ĕris, n.: of noble d., nobili g. natus, Cic.: Hor.
      3. 3. prōgĕnies: v. lineage.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• DESCENT
  • Act of descending, descensio (post- Augustan, e.g., balinearum, into the bath, Plin.): descensus, us (Sall., ; not Cic., or Caes.): casus; lapsus (fall).
  • Declivity, declivitas; acclivitas; proclivitas (sloping positions): locus declivis; acclivis; proclivis (*sloping place, whether ascending or descending, since, wherever there is an ascent, there must also be a descent): descensus (way leading downwards; Sall., Hirtius): a very easy descent, facillimi descensus (Hirt.): a hill, that has a gentle descent, or ascent, collis leniter editus: a city built on the descent or ascent of a hill, urbs applicata colli.
  • Hostile attack, irruptio; incursio; incursus: to make a descent upon, irruptionem, or incursionem facere in, etc.
  • Extraction, origo; genus; stirps: of noble descent, nobili genere natus: of no mean descent, haud obscuro loco natus: of low descent, ignobili, humili, obscuro loco natus; obscuris ortus majoribus: to trace one’s descent from anybody, originem trahere ab aliquo; originem ducere a or ex aliquo; ad aliquem originem sui referre (in speaking of a remote descent).