altum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.tum/, [ˈäɫ̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.tum/, [ˈäl̪t̪um]

Etymology 1

Forms of altus. The adverb is an adverbial accusative.

Participle

altum

1. inflection of altus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Noun

altum n (genitive altī); second declension

1. the deep, the sea

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	altum	alta
Genitive	altī	altōrum
Dative	altō	altīs
Accusative	altum	alta
Ablative	altō	altīs
Vocative	altum	alta

Adverb

altum (not comparable)

1. (rare) deeply

   Synonym: altē

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

altum

1. accusative supine of alō

References

• “altum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “altum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• altum 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)
• altum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) the tide is coming in: aestus ex alto se incitat (B. G. 3.12)
    
  • (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)
    
  • (ambiguous) the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert
    
  • (ambiguous) to make fast boats to anchors: naves (classem) constituere (in alto)