altisonus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós

Proto-Italic *altos

Latin altus

Latin -ē

Latin altē

Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Italic *swonaō

Latin sonō

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *-os

Old Latin -os

Latin -us

Latin -sonus

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

1. (very rare, poetic) high-sounding, sounding from on high
2. 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.