altisonus

Latin

Etymology

From altē (“from on high”) +‎ -sonus (“sounding”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /alˈti.so.nus/, [äɫ̪ˈt̪ɪs̠ɔnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈti.so.nus/, [äl̪ˈt̪iːs̬onus]

Adjective

altisonus (feminine altisona, neuter altisonum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (very rare, poetic) high-sounding, sounding from on high
2. high, sublime

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	altisonus	altisona	altisonum		altisonī	altisonae	altisona
Genitive	altisonī	altisonae	altisonī		altisonōrum	altisonārum	altisonōrum
Dative	altisonō		altisonō		altisonīs
Accusative	altisonum	altisonam	altisonum		altisonōs	altisonās	altisona
Ablative	altisonō	altisonā	altisonō		altisonīs
Vocative	altisone	altisona	altisonum		altisonī	altisonae	altisona

Descendants

• Italian: altisono, ⇒ altisonante
• Spanish: altísono, ⇒ altisonante

References

• “altisonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• altisonus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.