height Copy link Outline I. Elevation above the ground1. altĭtūdo (most gen. term)2. excelsĭtas (great h.3. prōcērĭtasII. An elevated place1. sŭpĕrior lŏcus (a position commanding the adjacent country2. lŏcus ēdĭtus3. arx, cis, f. (usu. a fortified height4. spĕcŭla (strictly for observation; a "specular mount;" hence any lofty h.)5. căcūmen, ĭnis, n.6. jŭgum (strictly a mountain ridge; also of mountain heights in general)III. Elevated position or rankIV. Utmost degree • height: I. Elevation above the ground: 1. altĭtūdo (most gen. term): Cic.: Caes. 2. excelsĭtas (great h.: rare): Plin.: v. loftiness. 3. prōcērĭtas: v. tallness. Phr.: to an immense h., in immensum (e. g. editus), Sall. Jug. 92: Ov. II. An elevated place: 1. sŭpĕrior lŏcus (a position commanding the adjacent country: esp. in milit. sense): to take possession of the h.s, loca s. occupare, Caes. B. G. 1, 10: et passim. 2. lŏcus ēdĭtus: v. eminence (I.). 3. arx, cis, f. (usu. a fortified height: v. citadel: also poet. of other elevations): those blissful h.s (of Tarentum), beatae a., Hor. Od. 2, 6, 22: the fiery h.s (of heaven) igneae a., Hor. Od. 3, 3, 10. 4. spĕcŭla (strictly for observation; a "specular mount;" hence any lofty h.): to descry the coming storm from some h., ex aliqua s. tempestatem prospicere, Cic. Fam. 4, 3: from the soaring mountain's h., aërii specula de montis, Virg. E. 8, 59. 5. căcūmen, ĭnis, n.: v. summit. 6. jŭgum (strictly a mountain ridge; also of mountain heights in general): while the boar shall haunt the mountain h.s, dum juga montis aper amabit, Virg. E. 5, 76: the h.s of Parnassus, Pindus, Parnassi, Pindi juga, ib. 10, 11: cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 19, init. Phr.: this order (the senate) is as it were exposed on a h., est hic ordo quasi propositus atque editus in altum, Cic. Verr. 3, 41, fin. III. Elevated position or rank: fastīgium: v. eminence (II.). IV. Utmost degree: exp. by summus: it is the h. of wisdom, folly, etc., summae est sapientiae, dementiae, etc.: v. extreme (subs. and adj.).