altus – Latin adjective declension

Adjective: altus
Hyphenation:

Declension: First, Second

Nominative

Singular masc.	altus
Singular fem.	alta
Singular neut.	altum
Plural masc.	altī
Plural fem.	altae
Plural neut.	alta

Genitive

Singular masc.	altī
Singular fem.	altae
Singular neut.	altī
Plural masc.	altōrum
Plural fem.	altārum
Plural neut.	altōrum

Dative

Singular masc.	altō
Singular fem.	altae
Singular neut.	altō
Plural masc.	altīs
Plural fem.	altīs
Plural neut.	altīs

Accusative

Singular masc.	altum
Singular fem.	altam
Singular neut.	altum
Plural masc.	altōs
Plural fem.	altās
Plural neut.	alta

Ablative

Singular masc.	altō
Singular fem.	altā
Singular neut.	altō
Plural masc.	altīs
Plural fem.	altīs
Plural neut.	altīs

Vocative

Singular masc.	alte
Singular fem.	alta
Singular neut.	altum
Plural masc.	altī
Plural fem.	altae
Plural neut.	alta

Comparison

Comparative	altior
Superlative	altissimus

Sample Sentences

clausi lateribus pedem altis ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [86 BCE – c. 35 BCE, Gaius Sallustius Crispus, Historiae 4.39]
Supra epistylium conlocandi sunt triglyphi cum suis metopis, alti unius et dimidiati moduli, lati in fronte unius moduli,[…] ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 3.4]
Maiorem vero turrem altam cubitorum CXX,[…] ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 10.13.5]
cohors ab omni cetero pecore secreta clauditur, alta novem pedum maceria porticibusque circumdata, ita ut in aliqua parte sit cella custodis. ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De re rustica 8.14.1]
singula latera pedum lata tricenum, alta quinquagenum, ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 36.13.19]
Quod si scrobes fieri placeat, faciemus tribus pedibus altas, duobus semis latas, tribus longas. ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [4th c./5th c. AD, Palladius, Opus agriculturae 2.10.3]
Me quidem ad altiorem memoriam Oedipodis huc venientis et illo mollissimo carmine quaenam essent ipsa haec loca requirentis species quaedam commovit, inaniter scilicet, sed commovit tamen. ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [45 BCE, Cicero, De finibus bonorum et malorum 5.3]
‘Dēiphobe armipotēns, genus altō ā sanguine Teucrī,
quis tam crūdēlīs optāuit sūmere poenās?[…]’ ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 6.500–501]
Et prīmum Antiphatēn (is enim sē prīmus agēbat),
Thēbānā dē mātre nothum Sarpēdonis altī,
coniectō sternit iaculō:[…] ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 9.696–698]
Claudia Quinta genus Clauso referebat ab alto ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.305]
‘di, precor, hunc regem aut aeque delegerit alta
fors mihi gente satum, magnusque et flebilis urbi ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [c. 90 CE, Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.201–203]
[…]; nobiles non sunt mihi ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Hercules furens 338–339]
Pax alta per omnes
et tranquilla quies populos: nos praeda furentum ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [61 CE – 65 CE, Lucanus, Pharsalia 1.249–251]
tanta moles labitur ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [170 BCE – c. 86 BCE, Accius, Medea 1–2]
tanta moles labitur ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [170 BCE – c. 86 BCE, Accius, Medea 1–2]
Coimus omnes in unum uidemusque non alta nocte circumdati nil apud uos, ut putatis, optabile, nil excelsum, nil splendidum, sed humilia cuncta et grauia et anxia et quotam partem luminis nostri cernentia! ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Consolatio ad Marciam 26.3]

Adjectives inflected like altus

scītus, inadustus, saevus, commodus, vāstus, frāctus, perfectus, pecūniōsus, scelestus, īnfestus, īnfirmus, splendidus, perītus, iugōsus, glōriōsus, vulgātus, lascīvus, sevērus, irritus, facinorōsus, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós
4. Proto-Italic *altos
5. Latin altus
6. Inherited from Proto-Italic *altos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, a verbal adjective from the root *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”); compare Proto-Germanic *aldaz, whence English old.
7. Perfect passive participle of alō.

Verbs referencing "altus"

English Adjectives old, Galician Adjectives alto, Italian Adjectives alto, Portuguese Adjectives alto, French Adjectives haut, English Adjectives haughty, Catalan Adjectives alt, English Adjectives auld, Italian Adjectives altero, Galician Adjectives outo.