descendens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →descendo, descendere, descendi, descensus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
descend, climb/march/come/go/flow/run/hang down; dismount; penetrate/sink;; stoop; demean; drop/become lower (pitch); be reduced; trace descent/come down;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part. - Entry →descendens, descendentis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
descendant; (pl.) posterity, descendants;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...damnatae Phoebo uictore Celaenae,qua celer et rectis descendens Marsya ripiserrantem Maeandron adit mixtusque refertur,passaque ab auriferis..." - L
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...ipsum ab illis fluens lumen et calor inde descendens, an non sint flammei orbes, sed solida quaedam terrenaque..." - L
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...cecidit Antiope manu, quod non ad antra Stygia descendens tibi matrem reliqui. Profugus ignotas procul percurre gentes..." - P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...stragemque ciebunt, aggeribus socer Alpinis atque arce Monoeci descendens, gener adversis instructus Eois! ne, pueri, ne tanta animis..." - P
Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...flexit et infidos agitans discordia fratres, aut coniurato descendens Dacus ab Histro, non res Romanae perituraque regna; neque..." - G
Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...praesidiorum tenebat, ea re nuntiata cum cohortibus XII descendens ex loco superiore cernebatur. Cuius adventus Pompeianos compressit nostrosque..." - T
Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...conuentus dimissus erat, cum respiciunt praesidium ab Acrocorintho descendens protinus duci ad portam atque abire. quorum agmen imperator..." - T
Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Manibus dabo." Haec locutus M. Livium pontificem, quem descendens in aciem digredi vetuerat ab se, praeire iussit verba..."