Altusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From altum, supine of alō (“grow”). Corresponds to Proto-Italic *altos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, a suffixed form of the root *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”) (compare Proto-Germanic *aldaz, whence English old and world).

形容詞

altus (feminine alta, neuter altum, comparative altior, superlative altissimus, adverb altē); first/second-declension adjective

1. high, tall

   Synonyms: sublimis, excelsus

   Antonyms: demissus, sordidus

2. deep
3. profound
4. deep-rooted

語形変化

First/second-declension adjective.

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “height”): brevis

派生語

派生した語

語源 2

Perfect passive participle of alō (“nourish”).

Participle

altus (feminine alta, neuter altum); first/second-declension participle

1. nourished, having been nourished
2. fed, having been fed, maintained, having been maintained, developed, having been developed
3. kept, having been kept, supplied with necessities, having been supplied with necessities, supported financially, having been supported financially

語形変化

First/second-declension adjective.

参照

• “altus1”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “altus2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “altus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "altus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “altus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (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)