I. In gen., to mount, to ascend (in prose rare before the Aug. per.)
A. Lit.
(α).
With acc.: “currum,” Lucr. 6, 47; Prop. 2 (3), 18, 13; Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 1; Curt. 5, 10, 12: montes, * Cat. 64, 126; Prop. 1, 6, 3: “vallum,” Caes. B. G. 5, 39 fin.: “equos,” Ov. M. 14, 820; Liv. 29, 2, 16; Suet. Calig. 51: “aethera,” Ov. M. 3, 299; Stat. S. 3, 1, 7; Val. Fl. 2, 444: “culmen summum,” Sil. 3, 510: “scopulum,” Verg. A. 1, 180: “rogum,” id. ib. 4, 646: “tribunal,” Suet. Tib. 17; id. Galb. 10 al.—
(β).
With in: “in equi costas,” Lucr. 5, 1296: “in equos,” Ov. M. 6, 222: “in montem,” Petr. 116, 1.—
II. Esp., a nautical t. t., to go on board a ship, to embark, take ship, etc. (class. in all periods and species of composition; cf. ascendo); constr. with the acc., in, or absol.
(α).
With acc.: cymbam piscatoriam. Afran. ap. Non. p. 535, 30: “navem,” Caes. B. G. 4, 23; id. B. C. 2, 4; Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 3; Nep. Dat. 4, 3: “naves,” Liv. 22, 19, 8; 37, 11, 8; cf. in pass.: “conscensā nave,” Just. 31, 4, 3; and: “navibus conscensis,” id. 12, 10, 1: “navigium,” Suet. Caes. 58: “cavatum ex materiā alveum,” Vell. 2, 107, 1: “puppim,” Ov. F. 2, 95: “classem,” Verg. A. 10, 155; Ov. M. 13, 422; cf.: “aequor navibus,” to navigate, Verg. A. 1, 381: ibi classem, Auct. B. Afr. 10, 2.—
(γ).
Absol.: “velim quam primum conscendas ad meque venias,” Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4 al.: “conscende nobiscum, et quidem ad puppim,” id. Fam. 12, 25, 5; Liv. 22, 19, 10; 37, 11, 10; * Quint. 4, 2, 41; Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 41: “in Siciliam,” to embark for Sicily, Liv. 31, 29, 6.—With ab and abl. of place: “Pompeium a Brundisio conscendisse,” Cic. Att. 9, 14, 3: “ab eo loco conscendi,” id. Phil. 1, 3, 7: “ab hortis Cluvianis,” id. Att. 14, 16, 1; cf. “Epheso,” id. ib. 6, 8, 4: “Thessalonicae conscendere jussi,” Liv. 44, 23, 9.