altitudo

Latin

Etymology

From altus (“high, lofty”) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /al.tiˈtuː.doː/, [aɫ.tɪˈtuː.doː]

Noun

altitūdō f (genitive altitūdinis); third declension

  1. height (distance from bottom to top)
  2. depth
  3. (figuratively) spiritual or emotional depth

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative altitūdō altitūdinēs
Genitive altitūdinis altitūdinum
Dative altitūdinī altitūdinibus
Accusative altitūdinem altitūdinēs
Ablative altitūdine altitūdinibus
Vocative altitūdō altitūdinēs

Descendants

References
  • altitudo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • altitudo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • altitudo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • altitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the exalted strain of the speech: elatio atque altitudo orationis
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