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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=la alō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈaɫ.teː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈal.te]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''altē''' (comparative altius, superlative altissimē)^(Wiktionary)

+ Comparative ''altius'', superlative ''altissimē''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|altus|-ē|t1=high, deep]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Lewis & Short treat [[m|la|altus]] as the participle of [[m|la|alō|t=to nourish]], “grown big”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Naevius has ''altē iubātōs anguēs'', serpents “with crests held high”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Like ''[[altus]]'' it looks both up and down: “at a great height, high”, “to a great height” (Cicero: ''tollam altius tēctum''), “from on high”, and “deep down, deeply” into the ground, water or body (Virgil: ''altē vulnus adāctum'').^(OLD 2012) Plautus has ''suspīritum altē'', a deep sigh.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it is “deeply, intensely” (of anger), “to high rank”, “deeply, thoroughly” into a subject (Cicero: ''quī altius perspiciēbant''), “far afield” and “far back”, as in ''altius repetere'', to begin far back.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius: ''altē iubātōs anguēs''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''suspīritum altē''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''tollam altius tēctum''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # High, on high; to a great height.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # From on high, from above.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Deep, [[m|en|deeply]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Intensely, profoundly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To high rank.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Thoroughly, below the surface; far afield; far back.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[altus]]

+ * [[alō]]

+ * [[altitūdō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}