ascendo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

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.

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