I.a debarkation, landing; usu. with facere (repeatedly in Liv.; elsewh. rare; “not in Cic. or Caes.): quinqueremibus septem profectus ad Erythras exscensionem fecit,” Liv. 28, 8, 8; 8, 17, 9 Drak.; 21, 51, 5; 22, 20, 4 et saep.—In plur.: “priusquam in continentem excensiones faceret,” Liv. 22, 31, 2; 29, 28, 5.
exscensĭo (excens- ), ōnis, f. escendo, II.; cf. ex, IV. B. 2.,