dēscensĭo

ōnis, f.

descendo

I. a going down, descending.
I. Prop.: balinearum, Plin. 20, 17, 69, § 178: Tiberina, Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 70: grando in descensione saltus, Vulg. Isa. 32, 19.—Hence, *
II. Meton., the bath itself, Gr. ἐμβάσεις, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 26.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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