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descensio

descensio, a descending

dēscensĭo, ōnis, f. [descendo] (post-Aug.), a going down, descending.
  • I 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, *
  • II Meton., the bath itself, Gr. ἐμβάσεις, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 26.

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