loftiness

loftiness, height, elevation, sublimity.

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sublīmĭtas, ātis, f. [sublimis], height, loftiness (post-Aug.; cf. altitudo).

Lit.:

corporis,

Quint. 12, 5, 5:

cellarum,

Col. 8, 3, 3:

cucurbitarum,

Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 69.—In plur.:

lunae,

Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 68.—

Trop.

In gen.:

sublimitas incomparabilis invicti animi,

Plin. 7, 25, 26, § 94:

in picturā,

id. 35, 10, 36, § 67.—

In partic., of language, loftiness, elevation, sublimity (while elevatio means disparagement):

heroici carminis,

Quint. 1, 8, 5; cf.:

ab his (poëtis) in verbis sublimitas petitur,

id. 10, 1, 27:

sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

id. 8, 3, 3:

narrandi (with splendor),

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4:

Platonica illa sublimitas,

id. ib. 1, 10, 5.

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altĭtūdo, dĭnis, f. [altus], height or depth (cf. alo, p. a. init.).

Height, altitude (syn.: altum, cacumen, culmen, vertex, apex).

Lit.:

altitudinem temperato,

Cato, R. R. 22, 23:

altitudo aedium,

Cic. Off. 3, 16:

montium,

id. Agr. 2, 19; Vulg. Isa. 37, 24:

in hac immensitate altitudinum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20:

navis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 25:

muri,

Nep. Them. 6, 5:

moenium,

Tac. H. 3, 20; so absol.:

fore altitudines, quas cepissent hostes (sc. montium),

heights, Liv. 27, 18.—

Trop., height, loftiness:

elatio atque altitudo orationis,

Cic. Brut. 17:

fortunae et gloriae,

id. Rab. Post. 16:

animi,

greatness of soul, nobleness of mind, id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; so Liv. 4, 6 fin.; Gell. 17, 2 et saep.—

Depth (syn.: altum, profundum).

Lit.:

spelunca infinitā altitudine,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48; so id. ib. 2, 5, 27; id. Div. 1, 43:

fluminis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17:

maris,

id. ib. 4, 25:

terrae,

Vulg. Matt. 13, 5; ib. Marc. 4, 5:

plagae,

Cels. 7, 7, § 9.—

Trop., depth, extent (eccl. Lat.):

O altitudo divitiarum sapientiae et scientiae Dei,

Vulg. Rom. 11, 33.—Spec., depth of soul, secrecy, reserve, Gr bathutês: exercenda est facilitas et altitudo animi, quae dicitur, i. e. a serenity or calmness that conceals the real feelings, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88.—In mal. part.:

ad simulanda negotia altitudo ingenii incredibilis,

Sall. J. 95, 3:

per illos dies egit altitudine animi,

Tac. A. 3, 44; id. H. 4, 86:

altitudines Satanae,

deep plots, Vulg. Apoc. 2, 24.

excelsĭtas, ātis, f. [excelsus], loftiness, [p. 676] height.

Lit.:

montium,

Plin. 2, 64, 64, § 160:

harundinis,

id. 16, 36, 66, § 167:

lilii,

id. 21, 5, 11, § 23.—

Trop.:

excelsitas animi et magnitudo,

Cic. Off. 3, 5, 24.

sŭperbĭa, ae, f. [superbus].

In a bad sense, loftiness, haughtiness, pride, arrogance (syn.:

arrogantia, insolentia, fastidium, fastus): num sibi aut stultitia accessit aut superat superbia?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 77:

magnitudinem animi superbia (imitatur) in animis extollendis,

Cic. Part. Or. 23, 81:

divitiae dedecoris plenae sunt et insolentis superbiae,

id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:

abicio superbiam,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 10:

in rebus prosperis superbiam magno opere, fastidium arrogantiamque fugiamus,

id. Off. 1, 26, 90; so (with fastidium) id. Rep. 1, 32, 48; (with arrogantia) id. Inv. 1, 54, 105; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 4, 16, 8; (with avaritia) Liv. 43, 2, 2; (with insolentia, contumacia) Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 41, § 89;

(with importunitas),

id. Rep. 1, 40, 62; id. Lael. 15, 54; (with inhumanitas) id. de Or. 1, 22, 99; (with crudelitas) Liv. 8, 33, 11; (opp. moderatio) id. 8, 33, 13:

domicilium superbiae,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 97:

pone superbiam,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 9:

superbiam alicujus retundere,

Phaedr. 4, 23, 21:

in vultu damnosa superbia vestro, Ov A. A. 3, 509: silentium ipsius in superbiam accipiebatur,

was interpreted as pride, Tac. A. 6, 19 (13) fin.:

absit superbia, asperitas,

Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 5:

nec tanta superbia victis,

Verg. A. 1, 529.— Plur.:

secundas fortunas decent superbiae,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 28.—

Conceit, vanity:

legatos, velut ad ludibrium stolidae superbiae in senatum vocatos esse,

Liv. 45, 3, 3.—

Rudeness, discourtesy:

superbiam tuam accusant, quod negent te percontantibus respondere,

Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 3.—

Transf., of things: album opus propter superbiam candoris concipit fumum, the delicacy of white (as a color), Vitr. 7, 3, 4.—

In a good sense, lofty spirit, honorable pride ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

sume superbiam Quaesitam meritis,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 14:

nec tantam Vespesiano superbiam,

Tac. H. 3, 66.—

Transf., of things:

eadem causa in piris taxatur superbiae cognomine,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 53; cf. superbus, II. B. 1.