altisonus
Latin
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Latin altē
Latin altisonus
From altē (“from on high”) + -sonus (“sounding”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aɫˈtɪ.sɔ.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [alˈtiː.s̬o.nus]
Adjective
altisonus (feminine altisona, neuter altisonum); first/second-declension adjective
- (very rare, poetic) high-sounding, sounding from on high
- high, sublime
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | altisonus | altisona | altisonum | altisonī | altisonae | altisona | |
| genitive | altisonī | altisonae | altisonī | altisonōrum | altisonārum | altisonōrum | |
| dative | altisonō | altisonae | 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.