ascend Copy link Outline 1. scando, di, sum, 3 (but the compounds are more usual, esp. in prose2. ascendo, 3 (either with acc. alone or with prep.)3. conscendo, 3 (less freq. in prose, except in sense of to mount, embark, q. v.)4. escendo, 35. succēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (with acc.6. sŭbeo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4 (same constr. as succedo)7. ēgrĕdĭor, gressus, 3 (= to make one's way to a point)8. ēnītor, nīsus, 3 (implying an effort in the ascent)9. ēvādo, vāsi, vāsum, 3 (esp. poet.) • ascend: 1. scando, di, sum, 3 (but the compounds are more usual, esp. in prose: v. infr.): to a. on a mound, in aggerem s., Liv.: to a. the Capitol in a chariot, in curru Capitolium s., Liv.: Hor.: v. to climb. 2. ascendo, 3 (either with acc. alone or with prep.): to a. into a city, in urbem a., Cic.: to a. the highest ridge of a mountain, summum jugum montis a., Caes.: to a. the rostra, in rostra s. concionem a., Cic.: Liv. Fig.: to a. to the highest position in a state, in summum locum civitatis a., Cic.: to a. from less to greater things, a minoribus ad majora a., Cic.: the voice a.s by degrees, gradatim a. vox, Cic. 3. conscendo, 3 (less freq. in prose, except in sense of to mount, embark, q. v.): to a. mountains, montes c., Cat.: Virg. 4. escendo, 3: to a. from a deep well to the surface, ex alto puteo ad summum e., Pl.: to a. into the rostra, in rostra e., Cic.; rostra e., Tac. (v. also supr. 2). 5. succēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (with acc.: whereas with dat., except in poetry, it means to come up to: q. v.): to a. the walls, muros s., Liv.: Tac.: the higher he a.'d (of the Gaul climbing the Capitol), quo successerit magis in arduum, Liv.: poet. with dat.: to a. the lofty sky, alto coelo s., Virg. Fig.: to a. to the highest honour, ad summum s. honorem, Lucr.: Virg. 6. sŭbeo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4 (same constr. as succedo): if the Romans should attempt to a. the hill, si Romani s. collem conarentur, Hirt.: Liv.. rain-water is capable of a.ing and floating in the air, imbrium aqua s. potest, ac pendere in aere, Plin. 7. ēgrĕdĭor, gressus, 3 (= to make one's way to a point): to a. too high, altius e., Ov.: to a. to the top of a mountain, ad summum montis e., Sall. 8. ēnītor, nīsus, 3 (implying an effort in the ascent): to a. the Alps, Alpes e., Tac. 9. ēvādo, vāsi, vāsum, 3 (esp. poet.): she had a.'d the lofty steps, gradus evaserat altos, Virg.: Liv.: v. to mount, climb, rise. Phr.: to a. the throne, regnum suscipere: v. to succeed to.
ASCEND Copy link • ASCENDascendere: sublime ferri: sublimem abire (of mounting on high, into the clouds, etc.: the latter only of living things). To ascend gradually, gradatim aacendere. (Transitive) To ascend a wall, murum ascendere: a tree, in arborem inscendere: the rostra, in rostra (in concionem) escendere; ascendere in rostra: to ascend the pulpit, in sacrum suggestum ascendere: the throne, in regiam sedem escendere (PROP.); regnum adipisci: legnum occupare (ofobtaining royal power; the latter especially unlawfully). Figuratively, to ascend to honors, etc., ascendere ad honores, ad altiorem gradum; also without ad: promoveri ad or in ampliorem gradum. The ascending lines (in genealogical tables), gradus ascendentium (Paul., Dig.).