altisonus

== Latin == === Etymology === From altē (“from on high”) +‎ -sonus (“sounding”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aɫˈtɪ.sɔ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [alˈtiː.s̬o.nus] === Adjective === altisonus (feminine altisona, neuter altisonum); first/second-declension adjective (very rare, poetic) high-sounding, sounding from on high high, sublime ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: altisono, ⇒ altisonante Spanish: altísono, ⇒ altisonante === References === “altisonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “altisonus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.