altam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →alo, alere, alui, altus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
feed, nourish, rear, nurse, suckle; cherish; support, maintain, develop;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →altus, alta -um, altior -or -us, altissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
high; deep/profound; shrill; lofty/noble; deep rooted; far-fetched; grown great;
acc. sg. (f.)
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...igitur supera nostrum caput esse putandumst tempestatem altam; neque enim caligine tanta obruerent terras, nisi inaedificata superne multa..."Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Tarraconis arces: Illinc te rota tollet et citatus Altam Bilbilin et tuum Salonem Quinto forsitan essedo videbis. Quid..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...celtiberis non tacende gentibus nostraeque laus Hispaniae, uidebis altam, Liciniane, Bibilin, equis et armis nobilem, senemque Caium niuibus..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...sicco ludunt fulicae notasque paludes deserit atque altam supra uolat ardea nubem," sed sic quomodo aequinoctium in calorem..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...regionesque submergit et modo ruinis operit, modo in altam uoraginem condit ac ne id quidem relinquit..."Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...toro maxima Iuno, nec mortali captus forma deserit altam Iuppiter aulam. Tu quoque, terris altera Iuno, soror Augusti..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...uasti fuit! caerulea taurus colla sublimis gerens erexit altam fronte uiridanti iubam; stant hispidae aures, orbibus uarius color..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...spicula tersit, nec laudauit equum, nitidae nec cassidis altam compsit adornauitque iubam; uix magna lauare uulnera et efflantes..."