altĭtūdo (noun F) : altus
* Height or depth (cf. alo, p. a. init.).
* Height, altitude (syn.: altum, cacumen, culmen, vertex, apex).
* Lit.: altitudinem temperato,Cato, R. R. 22, 23: altitudo aedium,Cic. Off. 3, 16: montium,id. Agr. 2, 19; Vulg. Isa. 37, 24: in hac immensitate altitudinum,Cic. N. D. 1, 20: navis,Caes. B. G. 4, 25: muri,Nep. Them. 6, 5: moenium,Tac. H. 3, 20; so absol.: fore altitudines, quas cepissent hostes (sc. montium),heights,Liv. 27, 18.
* Depth (syn.: altum, profundum).
* Lit.: spelunca infinitā altitudine,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48; so id. ib. 2, 5, 27; id. Div. 1, 43: fluminis,Caes. B. G. 4, 17: maris,id. ib. 4, 25: terrae,Vulg. Matt. 13, 5; ib. Marc. 4, 5: plagae,Cels. 7, 7, § 9.
* Trop., depth, extent (eccl. Lat.): O altitudo divitiarum sapientiae et scientiae Dei,Vulg. Rom. 11, 33.—Spec., depth of soul, secrecy, reserve, Gr βαθύτης: exercenda est facilitas et altitudo animi, quae dicitur, i. e. a serenity or calmness that conceals the real feelings, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88.—In mal. part.: ad simulanda negotia altitudo ingenii incredibilis,Sall. J. 95, 3: per illos dies egit altitudine animi,Tac. A. 3, 44; id. H. 4, 86: altitudines Satanae,deep plots,Vulg. Apoc. 2, 24.

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