Note 5 — VIII. Speech and Writing

escendere is more common than ascendere, cf. in contionem escendere (Cic. Att. 4. 2. 3; Liv. 2. 7. 7, etc. etc.) Similarly in rostra escendere (Cic. Liv.), in tribunal escendere (Liv.) Later suggestum, rostra escendere (Tac. Ann. 15. 59; ibid. 13. 5.).