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D / dēscensĭo
noun

dēscensĭo

gen. dēscensōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd
descendo (postAug.)
a going down, descending
a going down, descending.
Prop.: balinearum, into the bath, Plin. 20, 17, 69, § 178: Tiberina, the sail… •
Prop.: balinearum, into the bath, Plin. 20, 17, 69, § 178: Tiberina, the sail down the Tiber, Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 70: grando in descensione saltus, upon the thickets, Vulg. Isa. 32, 19.—Hence, *
the bath itself by metonymy
Meton., the bath itself, Gr. ἐμβάσεις, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 26.
Perseus ID: n13330 Key: descensio