altum
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈal.tum/, [ˈäɫ̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈal.tum/, [ˈäl̪t̪um]
Noun
altum n (genitive altī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | altum | alta |
| Genitive | altī | altōrum |
| Dative | altō | altīs |
| Accusative | altum | alta |
| Ablative | altō | altīs |
| Vocative | altum | alta |
Participle
(deprecated template usage) altum
- nominative neuter singular of altus
- accusative masculine singular of altus
- accusative neuter singular of altus
- vocative neuter singular of altus
Verb
(deprecated template usage) altum
- accusative supine of alō
References
- “altum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “altum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- altum 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)
- altum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) the tide is coming in: aestus ex alto se incitat (B. G. 3.12)
- (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)
- (ambiguous) the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert
- (ambiguous) to make fast boats to anchors: naves (classem) constituere (in alto)
- (ambiguous) the tide is coming in: aestus ex alto se incitat (B. G. 3.12)