loftiness Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. altĭtūdo (most gen. term)2. excelsĭtas (great height)II. Fig.1. excelsĭtas2. ēlātio3. sublīmĭtas • loftiness: I. Lit.: 1. altĭtūdo (most gen. term): v. height. 2. excelsĭtas (great height): Plin. 2, 64, 64 (ex. montium) cf. infr. (Sublimitas = state of being aloft.) II. Fig.: 1. excelsĭtas: Join: ex. animi et magnitudo, Cic. Off. 3, 5, 24. 2. ēlātio: v. elevation (II.). 3. sublīmĭtas: l. of an heroic soul, s. invicti animi, Plin. 7, 25, 26: esp. of style: Quint.: Plin. min.: v. sublimity.