altior
Latin
Adjective
altior (neuter altius); third declension
- comparative degree of altus
Declension
Third-declension comparative adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | altior | altius | altiōrēs | altiōra | |
| Genitive | altiōris | altiōrum | |||
| Dative | altiōrī | altiōribus | |||
| Accusative | altiōrem | altius | altiōrēs | altiōra | |
| Ablative | altiōre | altiōribus | |||
| Vocative | altior | altius | altiōrēs | altiōra | |
References
- altior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to study the commonplace: cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)
- (ambiguous) a bombastic style: oratio altius exaggerata
- (ambiguous) to take a higher tone (especially of poets and orators): exsurgere altius or incitatius ferri
- (ambiguous) to go a long way back (in narrative): longe, alte (longius, altius) repetere (either absolute or ab aliqua re)
- to study the commonplace: cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)