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altĭtūdo , dĭnis, f. altus,
I.height or depth (cf. alo, p. a. init.).
I. Height, altitude (syn.: altum, cacumen, culmen, vertex, apex).
A. Lit.: “altitudinem temperato,” Cato, R. R. 22, 23: “altitudo aedium,” Cic. Off. 3, 16: “montium,” id. Agr. 2, 19; Vulg. Isa. 37, 24: “in hac immensitate altitudinum,” Cic. N. D. 1, 20: “navis,” Caes. B. G. 4, 25: “muri,” Nep. Them. 6, 5: “moenium,” Tac. H. 3, 20; so absol.: “fore altitudines, quas cepissent hostes (sc. montium),” heights, Liv. 27, 18.—
B. Trop., height, loftiness: “elatio atque altitudo orationis,” Cic. Brut. 17: “fortunae et gloriae,” id. Rab. Post. 16: “animi,” greatness of soul, nobleness of mind, id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; so Liv. 4, 6 fin.; Gell. 17, 2 et saep.—
II. Depth (syn.: altum, profundum).
A. Lit.: “spelunca infinitā altitudine,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48; so id. ib. 2, 5, 27; id. Div. 1, 43: “fluminis,” Caes. B. G. 4, 17: “maris,” id. ib. 4, 25: “terrae,” Vulg. Matt. 13, 5; ib. Marc. 4, 5: “plagae,” Cels. 7, 7, § 9.—
B. Trop., depth, extent (eccl. Lat.): “O altitudo divitiarum sapientiae et scientiae Dei,” Vulg. Rom. 11, 33.—Spec., depth of soul, secrecy, reserve, Gr βαθύτης: exercenda est facilitas et altitudo animi, quae dicitur, i. e. a serenity or calmness that conceals the real feelings, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88.—In mal. part.: “ad simulanda negotia altitudo ingenii incredibilis,” Sall. J. 95, 3: “per illos dies egit altitudine animi,” Tac. A. 3, 44; id. H. 4, 86: “altitudines Satanae,” deep plots, Vulg. Apoc. 2, 24.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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