discese

Discese is an Italian verb form that appears primarily in literary or historical contexts. It represents the passato remoto (simple past) of the verb discendere, meaning to descend or move downward. Specifically, discese is the third-person singular form, used to narrate an action completed in the past, such as “Egli discese dalla collina.” In modern Italian, this tense is uncommon in everyday speech, where the passato prossimo (è disceso) or other constructions are typically preferred.

Discendere and its related forms come from Latin and are part of a broader semantic group involving downward movement, descent, or decline. The noun discesa, for example, denotes a descent or downward slope and is widely used in contemporary Italian in contexts ranging from geography and sports to transportation. The adjective discendente (or discendenti in plural) describes something that descends or is descending.

The form discese is largely confined to formal writing, epic poetry, or historical chronicles. It may appear in translations of ancient texts or in stylistic recreations of earlier Italian prose. Because it is not common in modern colloquial Italian, readers encountering discese are most likely exposed to it through literature or linguistic discussion rather than daily communication.

See also: discesa, discendere, discendente.