altiusculus

== Latin == === Etymology === From altior (“higher, taller”) (comparative of altus) +‎ -culus; the stem of the comparative suffix -ior, -ius (genitive -iōris) originally ended in *s. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aɫ.tiˈʊs.kʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [al.t͡siˈus.ku.lus] === Adjective === altiusculus (feminine altiuscula, neuter altiusculum); first/second-declension adjective rather (too) high, tall ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “altiusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “altiusculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. altiusculus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016