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
- T
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..."- L
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..."