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“altitude” in Latin
altitūdōheight (distance from bottom to top); depth; spiritual or emotional depthexcelsitāsloftiness, height, ascendencysublīmitāsheight, loftiness; sublimityprōcēritāsheight, tallness; lengthēlātiōThe act of carrying out; carrying to a grave, burial.; The act of lifting or raising up, elevation.; The state of being animuslife, life force, soul, vitality (that life-giving aspect which animates a thing); conscience, intellect, mind, reason, fastīgiumpeak, summit, top; extreme part, extremity of a thing; slope, declivity, descent
The English word altitude itself goes back to Latin altus, through altitūdō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
altitude
altitudo: excelsitas: sublimitas (all three PROP. and figuratively): proceritas (PROP., “tallness,” height in reference to growth. Vid: Syn. in HIGH): elatio (figuratively, elevation; e.g., animi).
Altitude of a mountain, altitudo or excelsitas mentis; or, if the highest point is meant, fastigium.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for altitude?
- The usual Latin words for “altitude” are altitūdō, excelsitās, sublīmitās; also prōcēritās, ēlātiō, animus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.