altus: procerus (Cic.). A tall man, homo procerus, procera statura; procero corpore (Sen.); homo Cels. or excelsus: longus homo (a tall fellow; loggerhead, contemptuously). A tall tree, arbor alta or procera (Plin.): a very tall poplar, populus procerissima (Cic.); Octavianus usus est calceamentis altiusculis, ut procerior quam erat videretur (taller, Suet., Oct., 73): taller than others, corporis proceritate elatior aliis atque celsior: plants of taller growth, plantae majoris increment: trees which do not grow tall, arbores non magni incrementi.