altĭsŏnus, a, um, adj. [alte-sonus].
I High-sounding , sounding from on high (very rare and only poet.): cardo, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. Rel. p. 25 Rib.): in altisono caeli clupeo, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 19 Müll.: Juppiter, Cic. Carm. Div. 1, 47: parens, Sen. Herc. Oet. 530: maritus, * Claud. Ep. 2, 27.—
II Trop., high , sublime : Maro, * Juv. 11, 179.