English

Proper noun

Altus

1. City in Southwest Oklahoma, USA

Anagrams

• latus
• sault
• talus
• Tulsa

Latin

Adjective

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

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

Inflection

First/second declension.

• comparative: altior, superlative: altissimus

Antonyms

• (height): brevis

Derived terms

Descendants

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “altus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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)
    

Participle

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

Inflection

First/second declension.