altissimus
Latin
Etymology
altus + -issimus
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈtis.si.mus/, [äɫ̪ˈt̪ɪs̠ːɪmʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈtis.si.mus/, [äl̪ˈt̪isːimus]
Adjective
altissimus (feminine altissima, neuter altissimum); first/second declension
- superlative degree of altus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | altissimus | altissima | altissimum | altissimī | altissimae | altissima | |
| Genitive | altissimī | altissimae | altissimī | altissimōrum | altissimārum | altissimōrum | |
| Dative | altissimō | altissimō | altissimīs | ||||
| Accusative | altissimum | altissimam | altissimum | altissimōs | altissimās | altissima | |
| Ablative | altissimō | altissimā | altissimō | altissimīs | |||
| Vocative | altissime | altissima | altissimum | altissimī | altissimae | altissima | |
Descendants
- Italian: altissimo
- Ligurian: âtìscimo
- Spanish: altísimo
References
- altissimus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- altissimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be shut in on all sides by very high mountains: altissimis montibus undique contineri
- the Nile rushes down from very high mountains: Nilus praecipitat ex altissimis montibus
- to occupy a very high position in the state: in altissimo dignitatis gradu collocatum, locatum, positum esse
- to depose, bring down a person from his elevated position: aliquem ex altissimo dignitatis gradu praecipitare (Dom. 37. 98)
- to be shut in on all sides by very high mountains: altissimis montibus undique contineri