altisoni
Dictionary entries
- Entry →altisonus, altisona, altisonum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
of lofty sound, that sounds high up/in the heavens; sublime; high-sounding;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Satura XI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...hodie conuiuia ludos: conditor Iliados cantabitur atque Maronis altisoni dubiam facientia carmina palmam. quid refert, tales uersus..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...patitur fulminis ictus umida uallis: tremuit telo Iouis altisoni Caucasus ingens Phrygiumque nemus matris Cybeles: metuens caelo Iuppiter..."