# altus
## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈal.tus/, [ˈäɫ̪t̪ʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈal.tus/, [ˈäl̪t̪us]

### 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

* altē
* altipendulus
* altipeta
* altisonus
* altispex
* altitonāns
* altitūdō
* altiusculē
* altiusculus
* altivolus

##### Descendants

* → Albanian: lart, nalt
* Aragonese: alto
* Aromanian: analtu, naltu
* Asturian: altu
* Catalan: alt
* Corsican: alto
* Dalmatian: juolt
* Esperanto: alta
* Extremaduran: artu
* Franco-Provençal: hôt
* Old French: halt, haut (merged with Frankish *hauh)
** Middle French: hault, haut, ault
*** French: haut
* Friulian: alt
* Italian: alto
** → English: alto
** → German: Alt
* Ladin: aut
* Leonese: altu
* Mirandese: alto
* Neapolitan: auto
* Occitan: naut, aut
* Old Spanish: alto, oto
** Spanish: alto
* Old Galician-Portuguese: outo
** Galician: alto, outo
** Portuguese: alto
* Romanian: înalt
* Romansch: aut, ault
* Sardinian: artu, altu
* Sicilian: àutu, jàutu, otu, atu
* Venetan: alto, alt

### 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’s 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, 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)
* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “altus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 35
* ↑ Bartoli, Matteo Giulio (2000) Aldo Duro, editor, Il Dalmatico, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana Fondata da Giovanni Treccani S.p.a., →OCLC, page 313: “ju͡ọ́lt 45: alto; femm. u͡ọ́lta 47; avv. in ált 47 in alto”