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Pronunciation
Adjective
altius
- masculine plural of altiu
Latin
Adjective
altius
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of altior
Adverb
altius
- comparative degree of altē
- Citius, Altius, Fortius : Faster, Higher, Stronger (motto of the Olympic Games).
References
- altius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) a bombastic style: oratio altius exaggerata
- (ambiguous) to take a higher tone (especially of poets and orators): exsurgere altius or incitatius ferri
- (ambiguous) to go a long way back (in narrative): longe, alte (longius, altius) repetere (either absolute or ab aliqua re)