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.
DESCEND Copy link • DESCENDTo come down, descendere (from higher ground, ex superioribus locis; from a mountain, citadel, etc., de monte, arce, etc.: to the plain, in planitiem, campum, aequum locum, or aequum only): degredi (to go down): se demittere to let one’s self down (e.g., in convallem): labi or delabi, from, ex, etc. (also delabi a, de..): defluere (insensibly and slowly): to descend into battle (1 Sam., 26), descendere in aciem (Liv.): to descend or fall to the ground, desidere; subsidere. ImPROP., To descend to our own times (of customs, traditions, etc), haec in tempora, or usque ad nostra tempora durare; ad nostram memoriam manere (of written or other monuments); tradi ab antiquis usque ad nostram aetatem (of a custom, manners, etc.): to descend gradually from remote antiquity to our own days, a summa memoria gradatim descendere ad hanc aetatem. To come down to what is low or mean, descendere ad aliquid: delabi ad aliquid, in aliquid (e.g., in hoc vitium scurrile, Cic.; ad impatientiam, Tac.): demittere se in or ad aliquid (e.g., ad servilem patientiam; in adulationem, both Tac.): to descend to the level of brutes, omnem humanitatem exuere: to descend gradually from worse to worse, declinare in pejus: to descend to a state of slavery, ad servitium (ad servitia) cadere. To descend or be descended = derive one’s origin from anybody, ortum, oriundum esse (in prose, in declaring the person from whom anybody descends, the preposition a, or ab, must be used; but in declaring the rank out of which anybody descends, the preposition a, or ab, must be omitted): originem trahere ab aliquo; originem ducere a or ex aliquo (to descend from or derive his origin from, etc.). To descend from a ship, = disembark, e navi exire; in terram exire; also exire only; (e) navi egredi; also egredi only; escendere; exscensionem facere. To descend or make a descent upon, irruptionem or incursionem facere in, etc.; upon a country, terram invadere; in terram irruptionem facere; with forces, terram invadere cum copiis; copias in fines hostium introducere; in hostes irrumpere, irruere, impressionem facere. Of the descent of property, etc., pervenire ad aliquem (e.g., hereditas ad filiam pervenit, Cic.): venire alicui (e.g., major hereditas unicuique nostrum venit, etc., Cic., Caecin., 26, 74).