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Latin
Etymology
altus + -issimus
Pronunciation
Adjective
altissimus (feminine altissima, neuter altissimum); first/second declension
- superlative degree of altus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- altissimus 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)
- altissimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be shut in on all sides by very high mountains: altissimis montibus undique contineri
- the Nile rushes down from very high mountains: Nilus praecipitat ex altissimis montibus
- to occupy a very high position in the state: in altissimo dignitatis gradu collocatum, locatum, positum esse
- to depose, bring down a person from his elevated position: aliquem ex altissimo dignitatis gradu praecipitare (Dom. 37. 98)