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“loftiness” in Latin
altitūdōheight (distance from bottom to top); depth; spiritual or emotional depthexcelsitāsloftiness, height, ascendencyēminentiaprominence, protuberance; eminence, excellencesublīmitāsheight, loftiness; sublimityēlātiōThe act of carrying out; carrying to a grave, burial.; The act of lifting or raising up, elevation.; The state of being magnitūdōgreatness, size, bulk, magnitude; vastness, extent.; a great number, amount or quantity, abundance.ōrātiōspeech, discourse, language; the power of speech; manner or style of speaking
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
loftiness
altitudo, excelsitas (PROP. and figuratively): eminentia (a high projection; also, figuratively excellence): sublimitas (figuratively sublimity): elatio (elevation): loftiness of sentiment or mind, animi altitudo (Liv., not in Cic.; Vid: Beier ad Cic., Offic., 1, 25, 88), animi excelsitas, elatio, eminentia, magnitudo: loftiness of style, orationis elatio atque altitudo; orationis or verborum granditas.
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- What is the Latin word for loftiness?
- The usual Latin words for “loftiness” are altitūdō, excelsitās, ēminentia; also sublīmitās, ēlātiō, magnitūdō. 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.