altus
- conditional ofalti
Fromaltum, supine ofalō(“grow”). Corresponds toProto-Italic*altos, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂eltós, a suffixed form of the root*h₂el-(“grow, nourish”) (compareProto-Germanic*aldaz, whence Englishold andworld).[1]
altus (femininealta,neuteraltum,comparativealtior,superlativealtissimus,adverbaltē);first/second-declension adjective
- high,tall
- Synonyms:sublimis,excelsus
- Antonyms:demissus,sordidus
- deep
- profound
- deep-rooted
First/second-declension adjective.
- (antonym(s) of“height”):brevis
Perfect passive participle ofalō(“nourish”).
altus (femininealta,neuteraltum);first/second-declension participle
- nourished, having been nourished
- fed, having been fed,maintained, having been maintained,developed, having been developed
- kept, having been kept,supplied with necessities, having been supplied with necessities,supported financially, having been supported financially
First/second-declension adjective.
- “altus1”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “altus2”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “altus”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891),An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "altus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange,Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “altus”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894),Latin Phrase-Book[1], London:Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to study the commonplace:cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp.alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)
- (ambiguous) what he said made a deep impression on..:hoc verbum alte descendit in pectus alicuius
- (ambiguous) to go a long way back (in narrative):longe, alte (longius, altius) repetere (either absolute orab aliqua re)
- (ambiguous) to put to sea:vela in altum dare (Liv. 25. 27)
- ^De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “altus”, inEtymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill,→ISBN,page35
- ^Bartoli, Matteo Giulio (2000), Aldo Duro, editor,Il Dalmatico, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana Fondata da Giovanni Treccani S.p.a.,→OCLC, page313: “ju͡ọ́lt 45: alto; femm.u͡ọ́lta 47; avv.in ált 47 in alto”
