altus

altus adj.with comp.and sup.

P. of alo, nourished, grown great, high, lofty, tall : altior illis, taller , O.: montes, V.—Meton., deep : altissimae radices: altissima flumina, Cs.: altior aqua, Cs.: volnus, V.—Fig., high, elevated, lofty : altissimus dignitatis gradus: rex aetheris Iuppiter, V.: Caesar, H.: Roma, O.: te natura altum genuit: qui altiore animo sunt: alta sperare, greatness , L.— Of the countenance, proud, stern, disdainful : Reiecit alto dona Voltu, H.— Deep, profound : somnus, H.: quies, V.: dissimulatio, Cu.— Ancient, old, remote : altior memoria: genus alto a sanguine Teucri, V.: Sarpedon, V.