adverb
altē
altē (comparative altius, superlative altissimē)
Classical[ˈaɫ.teː]Ecclesiastical[ˈal.te]
Meaning
- high, on high; from on high; from above
Denique saepe geli multus fragor atque ruina
Translation by William Ellery Leonard And down-pour of swift hail gives forth a sound Among the mighty clouds on high; […]c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 6.156–157 - deep; deeply
- profoundly; from afar
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
deeply
altē — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 6
altē, adv., v. alo,
I. P. a. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
altē adv. with comp.
altus, high, on high, from above, loftily: cruentum alte tollens pugionem: dextram alte extulit, V.: puer alte cinctus, H.: se tollere altius: altius praecincti, H. — Meton., deep, deeply, far: ferrum haud alte in corpus descendisse, L.: alte volnus adactum, V.: frigidus imber Altius ad vivum persedit, V.: sulcus altius impressus. — Fig., highly, loftily: alte spectare: altius se efferre.—Deeply, profoundly: altius aspicere: aliquid repetendum altius.—From afar, remotely: alte petitum prooemium, far-fetched: oratio tam alte repetita: altius expedire, from the beginning, Ta.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eltós
- Proto-Italic*altos
- Latinaltē
Latin -ē Latin altē From altus (“high, deep”) + -ē.