altus

• (adjective): From altum, supine of alō (“grow”).
• (participle): Perfect passive participle of alō (“nourish”).

Corresponds to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, a suffixed form of the root *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”) (compare Proto-Germanic *aldaz, whence English old and world).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.tus/, [ˈaɫ.tʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.tus/

altus (feminine alta, neuter altum, comparative altior, superlative altissimus); first/second declension

1. high, tall
2. deep
3. profound
4. deep-rooted

First/second declension.

• (height): brevis

altus m (feminine alta, neuter altum); first/second declension

1. nourished, having been nourished
2. fed, having been fed, maintained, having been maintained, developed, having been developed
3. kept, having been kept, supplied with necessities, having been supplied with necessities, supported financially, having been supported financially

First/second declension.

• 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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• altus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to study the commonplace: cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)
    
  • (ambiguous) what he said made a deep impression on..: hoc verbum alte descendit in pectus alicuius
    
  • (ambiguous) to go a long way back (in narrative): longe, alte (longius, altius) repetere (either absolute or ab aliqua re)
    
  • (ambiguous) to put to sea: vela in altum dare (Liv. 25. 27)