altitudo
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From altus (“high, lofty”) + -tūdō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /al.tiˈtuː.doː/, [aɫ̪ˠ.t̪ɪˈt̪uː.d̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /al.tiˈtu.do/, [al̪.t̪iˈt̪uː.d̪ɔ]
Noun[edit]
altitūdō f (genitive altitūdinis); third declension
- height (distance from bottom to top)
- depth
- (figurative) spiritual or emotional depth
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | altitūdō | altitūdinēs |
| Genitive | altitūdinis | altitūdinum |
| Dative | altitūdinī | altitūdinibus |
| Accusative | altitūdinem | altitūdinēs |
| Ablative | altitūdine | altitūdinibus |
| Vocative | altitūdō | altitūdinēs |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: altitud
- English: altitude
- French: altitude
- Italian: altitudine
- Portuguese: altitude
- Romanian: altitudine
- Spanish: altitud
References[edit]
- 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
- altitudo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- altitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the exalted strain of the speech: elatio atque altitudo orationis
- the exalted strain of the speech: elatio atque altitudo orationis