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altus
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Lewis Short
(P. a.P. a.P. a.P. a.) : altus, a, um, participle from alo., lit.
* Grown or become great, great (altus ab alendo dictus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; cf. the Germ. gross with the Engl. grow), a polar word meaning both high and deep.
* Seen from below upwards, high.
* Lit.: IN ALTOD MARID PVCNANDOD, etc., Columna Duilii; so, maria alta, Liv. Andron. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5, 10; id. ib. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.: aequor, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 23 Müll.: parietes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44: sub ramis arboris altae,Lucr. 2, 30: acervus,id. 3, 198 al.: columellam tribus cubitis ne altiorem,Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66: altior illis Ipsa dea est colloque tenus supereminet omnes,taller,Ov. M. 3, 181: altis de montibus,Verg. E. 1, 83: umbras Altorum nemorum,Ov. M. 1, 591 al.—With the acc. of measure: clausi lateribus pedem altis,a foot high,Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 39 Gerl.; cf. Lind. C. Gr. I. p. 215.—With gen.: triglyphi alti unius et dimidiati moduli, lati in fronte unius moduli,Vitr. 4, 3: majorem turrim altam cubitorum CXX.,id. 10, 5: alta novem pedum,Col. 8, 14, 1: singula latera pedum lata tricenum, alta quinquagenum,Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 4.
* Trop., high, lofty, elevated, great, magnanimous, high-minded, noble, august, etc.: altissimus dignitatis gradus,Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 14; so id. Clu. 55; id. Dom. 37.—Of mind or thought: te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11: homo sapiens et altā mente praeditus,highminded,id. Mil. 8: qui altiore animo sunt,id. Fin. 5, 20, 57 al.—So of gods, or persons elevated in birth, rank, etc.; also of things personified: rex aetheris altus Juppiter,Verg. A. 12, 140: Apollo,id. ib. 10, 875: Caesar,Hor. C. 3, 4, 37: Aeneas, i. e. deā natus,id. S. 2, 5, 62: Roma,Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 33: Carthago,Prop. 2, 1, 23 al.—Of the voice, high, shrill, loud, clear: Conclamate iterum altiore voce,Cat. 42, 18: haec fatus altā voce,Sen. Troad. 196: altissimus sonus,Quint. 11, 3, 23 (cf.: vox magna,Ov. Tr. 4, 9, 24; Juv. 4, 32).—Subst.: altum, i, n., a height: sic est hic ordo (senatorius) quasi propositus atque editus in altum,on high,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 98: aedificia in altum edita,Tac. H. 3, 71: quidquid in altum Fortuna tulit, ruitura levat,Sen. Agam. 100.—Esp.
* (Sc. caelum.) The height of heaven, high heaven, the heavens: ex alto volavit avis,Enn. Ann. 1, 108: haec ait, et Maiā genitum demisit ab alto,Verg. A. 1, 297.—Still more freq.
* Lit. (hence sometimes opp. summus): Acherusia templa alta Orci, salvete, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 2, 81; Cic. Tusc. 1, 21, 48: quom ex alto puteo sursum ad summum escenderis,Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 14: altissimae radices,Cic. Phil. 4, 5: altae stirpes,id. Tusc. 3, 6, 13: altissima flumina,Caes. B. C. 3, 77: altior aqua,id. ib. 1, 25: alta theatri Fundamenta,Verg. A. 1, 427: gurgite in alto,in the deep whirlpool,id. E. 6, 76: altum vulnus,id. A. 10, 857; Petr. 136; Sen. Troad. 48: altum totā metitur cuspide pectus,Sil. 4, 292; so id. 6, 580 al.: unde altior esset Casus,Juv. 10, 106.—With the abl. of measure: faciemus (scrobes) tribus pedibus altas,Pall. Jan. 10, 3.
* Trop. (more freq. in and after the Aug. per.), deep, profound: somno quibus est opus alto,Hor. S. 2, 1, 8; so Liv. 7, 35: sopor,Verg. A. 8, 27: quies,id. ib. 6, 522: silentium,id. ib. 10, 63; Quint. 10, 3, 22: altissima tranquillitas,Plin. Ep. 2, 1: altissima eruditio,id. ib. 4, 30: altiores artes,Quint. 8, 3, 2.—Subst.: altum, i, n., the depth, i. e. what is deep or far removed: ex alto dissimulare,Ov. Am. 2, 4, 16: non ex alto venire nequitiam, sed summo, quod aiunt, animo inhaerere,Sen. Ira, 1, 16 med. al.—Hence, ex alto repetere, or petere, in discourse, to bring from far; as P. a., farfetched: quae de nostris officiis scripserim, quoniam ex alto repetita sunt,Cic. Fam. 3, 5: quid causas petis ex alto?Verg. A. 8, 395 (cf.: alte repetere in the same sense,Cic. Sest. 13; id. Rep. 4, 4, and v. al. infra).
* Poet., in reference to a distant (past) time: cur vetera tam ex alto appetissis discidia, Agamemno? Att. ap. Non. 237, 22 (altum: vetus, antiquum, Non.); cf. Verg. G. 4, 285.—With the access. idea of venerable (cf. antiquus), ancient, old: genus alto a sanguine Teucri,Verg. A. 6, 500: Thebanā de matre nothum Sarpedonis alti,id. ib. 9, 697; genus Clauso referebat ab alto,Ov. F. 4, 305: altā gente satus,Val. Fl. 3, 202: altis inclitum titulis genus,Sen. Herc. Fur. 338.—Adv.: altē, and very rarely altum, high, deep (v. supra, altus, P. a. init.).
* Lit.: alte ex tuto prospectum aucupo,Att. Trag. Rel. p. 188 Rib.: colomen alte geminis aptum cornibus,id. ib. p. 221: alte jubatos angues,Naev. ib. p. 9: jubar erigere alte,Lucr. 4, 404: roseā sol alte lampade lucens,id. 5, 610: in vineā ficos subradito alte, ne eas vitis scandat,Cato, R. R. 50: cruentum alte extollens pugionem,Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 28: non animadvertis cetarios escendere in malum alte, ut perspiciant pisces? Varr. ap. Non. 49, 15: (aër) tollit se ac rectis ita faucibus eicit alte,Lucr. 6, 689: dextram Entellus alte extulit,Verg. A. 5, 443: alte suras vincire cothurno,high up,id. ib. 1, 337: puer alte cinctus,Hor. S. 2, 8, 10, and Sen. Ep. 92: unda alte subjectat arenam,Verg. G. 3, 240: Nihil tam alte natura constituit, quo virtus non possit eniti,Curt. 7, 11, 10: alte maesti in terram cecidimus, from on high, Varr. ap. Non. 79, 16: eo calcem cribro succretam indito alte digitos duo,to the height of two fingers,Cato, R. R. 18, 7; so Col. R. R. 5, 6, 6.—Comp.: quae sunt humiliora neque se tollere a terrā altius possunt,Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37: tollam altius tectum,id. Har. Resp. 15, 33: altius praecincti,Hor. S. 1, 5, 5: pullus in arvis altius ingreditur,Verg. G. 3, 75: caput altius effert,id. ib. 3, 553: altius atque cadant imbres,id. E. 6, 38 ubi v. Forb.: altius aliquid tenere,Sen. Q. N. 1, 5.—Sup.: cum altissime volāsset (aquila), Suet. Aug. 94.
* Trop.: alte natus,Albin. 1, 379 (cf.: altus Aeneas, supra, P. a., A. II.): alte enim cadere non potest,Cic. Or. 28, 98: video te alte spectare,id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82; id. Rep. 6, 23, 25.—Comp.: altius se efferre,Cic. Rep. 6, 23, 25; 3, 3, 4: altius irae surgunt ductori,Verg. A. 10, 813: altius aliquid agitare,Cels. 1 prooem.: attollitur vox altius,Quint. 11, 3, 65: verbis altius atque altius insurgentibus,id. 8, 4, 27.— Sup.: Ille dies virtutem Catonis altissime illuminavit,Vell. 2, 35: ingenium altissime adsurgit,Plin. Ep. 8, 4.
* Deep, deeply (v. altus, P. a. B.).
* Lit.: ablaqueato ficus non alte,Cato, R. R. 36: ferrum haud alte in corpus descendere,Liv. 1, 41: alte vulnus adactum,Verg. A. 10, 850; Ov. M. 6, 266; Curt. 4, 6, 18; Cels. 5, 26, 30: timidum caput abdidit alte,Verg. G. 3, 422: alte consternunt terram frondes,deeply strew,id. A. 4, 443: ut petivit Suspirium alte!Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 58 (cf.: ingentem gemitum dat pectore ab imo,Verg. A. 1, 485): inter cupam pertundito alte digitos primorīs tres,Cato, R. R. 21, 2: minimum alte pedem,Col. de Arb. 30.—Comp.: ne radices altius agant,Col. 5, 6, 8: terra altius effossa,Quint. 10, 3, 2: cum sulcus altius esset impressus,Cic. Div. 2, 23, 50: frigidus imber Altius ad vivum persedit, Verg G. 3, 441: tracti altius gemitus,Sen. Ira, 3, 4, 2.— Sup.: (latronibus gladium) altissime demergo,App. M. 2, 32.
* Trop., deeply, profoundly, far, from afar: privatus ut altum Dormiret,Juv. 1, 16: alte terminus haerens,Lucr. 1, 77: longo et alte petito prooemio respondere,Cic. Clu. 21, 58: ratio alte petita,Quint. 11, 1, 62: alte et a capite repetis, quod quaerimus,Cic. Leg. 1, 6, 18; id. Rep. 4, 4, 4; id. Sest. 13, 31.—Comp.: qui altius perspiciebant,had a deeper insight,Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 19: quae principia sint, repetendum altius videtur,must be sought out more deeply,id. Off. 1, 16: altius repetitae causae,Quint. 11, 1, 62: de quo si paulo altius ordiri ac repetere memoriam religionis videbor,Cic. Verr. 4, 105: Hisce tibi in rebus latest alteque videndum,Lucr. 6, 647: altius supprimere iram,Curt. 6, 7, 35: altius aliquem percellere,Tac. A. 4, 54: altius metuere,id. ib. 4, 41: altius animis maerere,id. ib. 2, 82: cum verbum aliquod altius transfertur,Cic. Or. 25, 82: Altius omnem Expediam primā repetens ab origine famam,Verg. G. 4, 285; so,Tac. H. 4, 12: altius aliquid persequi,Plin. 2, 23, 31, § 35: hinc altius cura serpit,id. 4, 11, 13, § 87.— Sup.: qui vir et quantus esset, altissime inspexi,Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 5.
* Grown or become great, great (altus ab alendo dictus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; cf. the Germ. gross with the Engl. grow), a polar word meaning both high and deep.
* Seen from below upwards, high.
* Lit.: IN ALTOD MARID PVCNANDOD, etc., Columna Duilii; so, maria alta, Liv. Andron. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5, 10; id. ib. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.: aequor, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 23 Müll.: parietes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44: sub ramis arboris altae,Lucr. 2, 30: acervus,id. 3, 198 al.: columellam tribus cubitis ne altiorem,Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66: altior illis Ipsa dea est colloque tenus supereminet omnes,taller,Ov. M. 3, 181: altis de montibus,Verg. E. 1, 83: umbras Altorum nemorum,Ov. M. 1, 591 al.—With the acc. of measure: clausi lateribus pedem altis,a foot high,Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 39 Gerl.; cf. Lind. C. Gr. I. p. 215.—With gen.: triglyphi alti unius et dimidiati moduli, lati in fronte unius moduli,Vitr. 4, 3: majorem turrim altam cubitorum CXX.,id. 10, 5: alta novem pedum,Col. 8, 14, 1: singula latera pedum lata tricenum, alta quinquagenum,Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 4.
* Trop., high, lofty, elevated, great, magnanimous, high-minded, noble, august, etc.: altissimus dignitatis gradus,Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 14; so id. Clu. 55; id. Dom. 37.—Of mind or thought: te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11: homo sapiens et altā mente praeditus,highminded,id. Mil. 8: qui altiore animo sunt,id. Fin. 5, 20, 57 al.—So of gods, or persons elevated in birth, rank, etc.; also of things personified: rex aetheris altus Juppiter,Verg. A. 12, 140: Apollo,id. ib. 10, 875: Caesar,Hor. C. 3, 4, 37: Aeneas, i. e. deā natus,id. S. 2, 5, 62: Roma,Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 33: Carthago,Prop. 2, 1, 23 al.—Of the voice, high, shrill, loud, clear: Conclamate iterum altiore voce,Cat. 42, 18: haec fatus altā voce,Sen. Troad. 196: altissimus sonus,Quint. 11, 3, 23 (cf.: vox magna,Ov. Tr. 4, 9, 24; Juv. 4, 32).—Subst.: altum, i, n., a height: sic est hic ordo (senatorius) quasi propositus atque editus in altum,on high,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 98: aedificia in altum edita,Tac. H. 3, 71: quidquid in altum Fortuna tulit, ruitura levat,Sen. Agam. 100.—Esp.
* (Sc. caelum.) The height of heaven, high heaven, the heavens: ex alto volavit avis,Enn. Ann. 1, 108: haec ait, et Maiā genitum demisit ab alto,Verg. A. 1, 297.—Still more freq.
* Lit. (hence sometimes opp. summus): Acherusia templa alta Orci, salvete, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 2, 81; Cic. Tusc. 1, 21, 48: quom ex alto puteo sursum ad summum escenderis,Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 14: altissimae radices,Cic. Phil. 4, 5: altae stirpes,id. Tusc. 3, 6, 13: altissima flumina,Caes. B. C. 3, 77: altior aqua,id. ib. 1, 25: alta theatri Fundamenta,Verg. A. 1, 427: gurgite in alto,in the deep whirlpool,id. E. 6, 76: altum vulnus,id. A. 10, 857; Petr. 136; Sen. Troad. 48: altum totā metitur cuspide pectus,Sil. 4, 292; so id. 6, 580 al.: unde altior esset Casus,Juv. 10, 106.—With the abl. of measure: faciemus (scrobes) tribus pedibus altas,Pall. Jan. 10, 3.
* Trop. (more freq. in and after the Aug. per.), deep, profound: somno quibus est opus alto,Hor. S. 2, 1, 8; so Liv. 7, 35: sopor,Verg. A. 8, 27: quies,id. ib. 6, 522: silentium,id. ib. 10, 63; Quint. 10, 3, 22: altissima tranquillitas,Plin. Ep. 2, 1: altissima eruditio,id. ib. 4, 30: altiores artes,Quint. 8, 3, 2.—Subst.: altum, i, n., the depth, i. e. what is deep or far removed: ex alto dissimulare,Ov. Am. 2, 4, 16: non ex alto venire nequitiam, sed summo, quod aiunt, animo inhaerere,Sen. Ira, 1, 16 med. al.—Hence, ex alto repetere, or petere, in discourse, to bring from far; as P. a., farfetched: quae de nostris officiis scripserim, quoniam ex alto repetita sunt,Cic. Fam. 3, 5: quid causas petis ex alto?Verg. A. 8, 395 (cf.: alte repetere in the same sense,Cic. Sest. 13; id. Rep. 4, 4, and v. al. infra).
* Poet., in reference to a distant (past) time: cur vetera tam ex alto appetissis discidia, Agamemno? Att. ap. Non. 237, 22 (altum: vetus, antiquum, Non.); cf. Verg. G. 4, 285.—With the access. idea of venerable (cf. antiquus), ancient, old: genus alto a sanguine Teucri,Verg. A. 6, 500: Thebanā de matre nothum Sarpedonis alti,id. ib. 9, 697; genus Clauso referebat ab alto,Ov. F. 4, 305: altā gente satus,Val. Fl. 3, 202: altis inclitum titulis genus,Sen. Herc. Fur. 338.—Adv.: altē, and very rarely altum, high, deep (v. supra, altus, P. a. init.).
* Lit.: alte ex tuto prospectum aucupo,Att. Trag. Rel. p. 188 Rib.: colomen alte geminis aptum cornibus,id. ib. p. 221: alte jubatos angues,Naev. ib. p. 9: jubar erigere alte,Lucr. 4, 404: roseā sol alte lampade lucens,id. 5, 610: in vineā ficos subradito alte, ne eas vitis scandat,Cato, R. R. 50: cruentum alte extollens pugionem,Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 28: non animadvertis cetarios escendere in malum alte, ut perspiciant pisces? Varr. ap. Non. 49, 15: (aër) tollit se ac rectis ita faucibus eicit alte,Lucr. 6, 689: dextram Entellus alte extulit,Verg. A. 5, 443: alte suras vincire cothurno,high up,id. ib. 1, 337: puer alte cinctus,Hor. S. 2, 8, 10, and Sen. Ep. 92: unda alte subjectat arenam,Verg. G. 3, 240: Nihil tam alte natura constituit, quo virtus non possit eniti,Curt. 7, 11, 10: alte maesti in terram cecidimus, from on high, Varr. ap. Non. 79, 16: eo calcem cribro succretam indito alte digitos duo,to the height of two fingers,Cato, R. R. 18, 7; so Col. R. R. 5, 6, 6.—Comp.: quae sunt humiliora neque se tollere a terrā altius possunt,Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37: tollam altius tectum,id. Har. Resp. 15, 33: altius praecincti,Hor. S. 1, 5, 5: pullus in arvis altius ingreditur,Verg. G. 3, 75: caput altius effert,id. ib. 3, 553: altius atque cadant imbres,id. E. 6, 38 ubi v. Forb.: altius aliquid tenere,Sen. Q. N. 1, 5.—Sup.: cum altissime volāsset (aquila), Suet. Aug. 94.
* Trop.: alte natus,Albin. 1, 379 (cf.: altus Aeneas, supra, P. a., A. II.): alte enim cadere non potest,Cic. Or. 28, 98: video te alte spectare,id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82; id. Rep. 6, 23, 25.—Comp.: altius se efferre,Cic. Rep. 6, 23, 25; 3, 3, 4: altius irae surgunt ductori,Verg. A. 10, 813: altius aliquid agitare,Cels. 1 prooem.: attollitur vox altius,Quint. 11, 3, 65: verbis altius atque altius insurgentibus,id. 8, 4, 27.— Sup.: Ille dies virtutem Catonis altissime illuminavit,Vell. 2, 35: ingenium altissime adsurgit,Plin. Ep. 8, 4.
* Deep, deeply (v. altus, P. a. B.).
* Lit.: ablaqueato ficus non alte,Cato, R. R. 36: ferrum haud alte in corpus descendere,Liv. 1, 41: alte vulnus adactum,Verg. A. 10, 850; Ov. M. 6, 266; Curt. 4, 6, 18; Cels. 5, 26, 30: timidum caput abdidit alte,Verg. G. 3, 422: alte consternunt terram frondes,deeply strew,id. A. 4, 443: ut petivit Suspirium alte!Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 58 (cf.: ingentem gemitum dat pectore ab imo,Verg. A. 1, 485): inter cupam pertundito alte digitos primorīs tres,Cato, R. R. 21, 2: minimum alte pedem,Col. de Arb. 30.—Comp.: ne radices altius agant,Col. 5, 6, 8: terra altius effossa,Quint. 10, 3, 2: cum sulcus altius esset impressus,Cic. Div. 2, 23, 50: frigidus imber Altius ad vivum persedit, Verg G. 3, 441: tracti altius gemitus,Sen. Ira, 3, 4, 2.— Sup.: (latronibus gladium) altissime demergo,App. M. 2, 32.
* Trop., deeply, profoundly, far, from afar: privatus ut altum Dormiret,Juv. 1, 16: alte terminus haerens,Lucr. 1, 77: longo et alte petito prooemio respondere,Cic. Clu. 21, 58: ratio alte petita,Quint. 11, 1, 62: alte et a capite repetis, quod quaerimus,Cic. Leg. 1, 6, 18; id. Rep. 4, 4, 4; id. Sest. 13, 31.—Comp.: qui altius perspiciebant,had a deeper insight,Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 19: quae principia sint, repetendum altius videtur,must be sought out more deeply,id. Off. 1, 16: altius repetitae causae,Quint. 11, 1, 62: de quo si paulo altius ordiri ac repetere memoriam religionis videbor,Cic. Verr. 4, 105: Hisce tibi in rebus latest alteque videndum,Lucr. 6, 647: altius supprimere iram,Curt. 6, 7, 35: altius aliquem percellere,Tac. A. 4, 54: altius metuere,id. ib. 4, 41: altius animis maerere,id. ib. 2, 82: cum verbum aliquod altius transfertur,Cic. Or. 25, 82: Altius omnem Expediam primā repetens ab origine famam,Verg. G. 4, 285; so,Tac. H. 4, 12: altius aliquid persequi,Plin. 2, 23, 31, § 35: hinc altius cura serpit,id. 4, 11, 13, § 87.— Sup.: qui vir et quantus esset, altissime inspexi,Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 5.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
altus (noun M) : alo
* A nourishing, support: terrae altu,Macr. S. 1, 20 fin.
* A nourishing, support: terrae altu,Macr. S. 1, 20 fin.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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