high (adv.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. altē2. expr. by altitudo3. sublīmĭter (not in earlier authors)II. Fig.III. Also fig. in phr. to bid h. (at an auction), plurimo liceri (not maximo in this sense • high (adv.): I. Lit.: 1. altē: raising h. the gory dagger, cruentum a. extollens pugionem, Cic. Ph. 2, 12, init.: to fly very h., altissime evolare, Suet. Aug. 94. 2. expr. by altitudo: to hoist anything so h., aliquid in tantum altitudinis (in tantam altitudinem) subducere, Liv. 27, 28, med. 3. sublīmĭter (not in earlier authors): to fly h., s. volitare, Col. 8, 11, init. In same sense, sublime (poet. L. G. § 344): Virg. G. 1, 320, etc. Phr.: to aim h., alta (altiora) petere, cf. Virg. Aen. 5, 508. II. Fig.: of persons aspiring: Phr.: to aim h., magnas res appetere, Nep. (in Kr.): v. preced. art. fin. III. Also fig. in phr. to bid h. (at an auction), plurimo liceri (not maximo in this sense: comp. highly).