ascendō (adsc-)

    ascendō (adsc-) scendī, scēnsus, ere    [ad + scando], to mount, climb, ascend, scale, go up: in equum: in caelum: ad Gitanas, L.: Delphos, to Delphi, L.: navem, T.: iugum montis, Cs.: illuc, O.: si mons erat ascendendus, Cs.—Fig., to rise, mount, ascend, reach: virtute in altiorem locum: ad honores: super nobiles, i. e. to surpass, Ta.: gradatim ascendere vocem, to become louder: gradibus magistratuum: summum locum civitatis.

    ascēnsus (adsc-)    P. of ascendo.

    ascēnsus (adsc-) ūs, m    [ascendo], a climbing, ascent: primos prohibere ascensu, Cs.: difficilis, L.: mollioris ascensūs via, L.: fastigia Ascensu supero, V.—Fig., a rising: ad civitatem, to citizenship.—A way up, approach, ascent: agger ascensum dat Gallis, Cs.: arduus: in circuitu, i. e. winding, Cs.: riget Tmolus in ascensu, O.—Fig.: in virtute multi sunt ascensūs.