altus

== Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaltus/ Rhymes: -altus Syllabification: al‧tus === Verb === altus conditional of alti == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaɫ.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈal.tus] === Etymology 1 === From altum, supine of alō (“grow”). Corresponds to Proto-Italic *altos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, a suffixed form of the root *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”) (compare Proto-Germanic *aldaz, whence English old and world). ==== Adjective ==== altus (feminine alta, neuter altum, comparative altior, superlative altissimus, adverb altē); first/second-declension adjective high, tall Synonyms: sublimis, excelsus Antonyms: demissus, sordidus deep profound deep-rooted ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “height”): brevis ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === Perfect passive participle of alō (“nourish”). ==== Participle ==== altus (feminine alta, neuter altum); first/second-declension participle nourished, having been nourished fed, having been fed, maintained, having been maintained, developed, having been developed kept, having been kept, supplied with necessities, having been supplied with necessities, supported financially, having been supported financially ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “altus1”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “altus2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “altus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "altus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “altus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.