altum

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Forms of altus. The adverb is an adverbial accusative.

Participle

altum

  1. inflection of altus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

Noun

altum n (genitive altī); second declension

  1. the deep, the sea
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

Adverb

altum (not comparable)

  1. (rare) deeply
    Synonym: altē

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

altum

  1. 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, 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)
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