altira

== Esperanto == === Etymology === From altiri +‎ -a. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈtira/ Rhymes: -ira Syllabification: al‧ti‧ra === Adjective === altira (accusative singular altiran, plural altiraj, accusative plural altirajn) attractive, of attraction Jurij Finkel (translator), Tais el Ateno (Таис Афинская / Thais of Athens) by Ivan Yefremov, Chapter 17, Belulinoj de la insulo [...] banadis sin ĉi tie post preĝado en la templo, kredante, ke la diino donacos al ili eron de sia nevenkebla altira forto. The beauties of the island [...] bathed here after praying in the temple, believing that the goddess would grant them a tiny portion of her invincible power of attraction.