I.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.