altitudo

Latin

Etymology

From altus (“high, lofty”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /al.tiˈtuː.doː/, [aɫ.tɪˈtuː.doː]

Noun

altitūdō f (genitive altitūdinis); third declension

1. height (distance from bottom to top)
2. depth
3. (figuratively) spiritual or emotional depth

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	altitūdō	altitūdinēs
genitive	altitūdinis	altitūdinum
dative	altitūdinī	altitūdinibus
accusative	altitūdinem	altitūdinēs
ablative	altitūdine	altitūdinibus
vocative	altitūdō	altitūdinēs

Related terms

• altō
• altus

Descendants

• Catalan: altitud
• English: altitude
• French: altitude
• Italian: altitudine

• Portuguese: altitude
• Romanian: altitudine
• Spanish: altitud

References

• altitudo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• altitudo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “altitudo”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “altitudo” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the exalted strain of the speech: elatio atque altitudo orationis