altum

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaɫ.tũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈal.tum]

Etymology 1

Forms of altus. The adverb is an adverbial accusative.

Noun

altum n (genitive altī); second declension

the deep, the sea
the height (of heaven)
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.297.301:
  Haec ait, et Māiā genitum dēmittit ab altō,
  ut terrae, utque novae pateant Karthāginis arcēs
  hospitiō Teucrīs, nē fātī nescia Dīdō
  fīnibus arcēret: volat ille per āera magnum
  rēmigiō alārum, ac Libyae citus adstitit ōrīs.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	altum	alta
genitive	altī	altōrum
dative	altō	altīs
accusative	altum	alta
ablative	altō	altīs
vocative	altum	alta

Adverb

altum (not comparable)

(rare) deeply
Synonym: altē

Participle

altum

inflection of altus:
1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
2. accusative masculine singular

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

altum

accusative supine of alō

References

“altum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“altum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
"altum", 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)
“altum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) the tide is coming in: aestus ex alto se incitat (B. G. 3.12)
- (ambiguous) to study the commonplace: cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)
- (ambiguous) what he said made a deep impression on..: hoc verbum alte descendit in pectus alicuius
- (ambiguous) to go a long way back (in narrative): longe, alte (longius, altius) repetere (either absolute or ab aliqua re)
- (ambiguous) to put to sea: vela in altum dare (Liv. 25. 27)
- (ambiguous) the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert
- (ambiguous) to make fast boats to anchors: naves (classem) constituere (in alto)
altum, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011