altus

See also: Altus

Latin

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).^[1]

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

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	altus	alta	altum	altī	altae	alta
genitive	altī	altae	altī	altōrum	altārum	altōrum
dative	altō	altae	altō	altīs
accusative	altum	altam	altum	altōs	altās	alta
ablative	altō	altā	altō	altīs
vocative	alte	alta	altum	altī	altae	alta

→ Albanian: lart, nalt
Aragonese: alto
Aromanian: analtu, naltu
Asturian: altu
Catalan: alt
Corsican: alto
Dalmatian: juolt^[2]
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

Perfect passive participle of alō (“nourish”).

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

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	altus	alta	altum	altī	altae	alta
genitive	altī	altae	altī	altōrum	altārum	altōrum
dative	altō	altae	altō	altīs
accusative	altum	altam	altum	altōs	altās	alta
ablative	altō	altā	altō	altīs
vocative	alte	alta	altum	altī	altae	alta

“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^[1], 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”