altissimus

Latin

altissimus (superlative, feminine altissima, neuter altissimum); first/second declension

superlative degree of altus
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.2:
  […] altera ex parte monte Iūrā altissimō, quī est inter Sēquanōs et Helvētiōs; […] .
  [The Helvetian territory is bounded] on a second [side] by the highest part of the Jura Mountain [range], which is between the Sequani and the Helvetii; […] .
  (The Jura is an extensive, arc-shaped mountain range; its highest peak, the Crêt de la Neige, reaches 1,720 meters (5,643 feet).)

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	altissimus	altissima	altissimum	altissimī	altissimae	altissima
genitive	altissimī	altissimae	altissimī	altissimōrum	altissimārum	altissimōrum
dative	altissimō	altissimae	altissimō	altissimīs
accusative	altissimum	altissimam	altissimum	altissimōs	altissimās	altissima
ablative	altissimō	altissimā	altissimō	altissimīs
vocative	altissime	altissima	altissimum	altissimī	altissimae	altissima

"altissimus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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^[1], 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)