elevation Copy link Outline I. The act of uplifting1. ēlātio (more freq. in fig. sense)2. allĕvātio (not in this sense in Cic.)3. oftener expr. by verbII. Fig.1. ēlātio2. altĭtūdo3. contentio (the act of straining; esp. of the voice)III. A rising ground • elevation: I. The act of uplifting: 1. ēlātio (more freq. in fig. sense): Vitr. 2. allĕvātio (not in this sense in Cic.): e. and shrugging of the shoulders, humerorum al. atque contractio, Quint. 11, 3, 83. 3. oftener expr. by verb: v. to elevate. (N.B. Not elevatio, which is disparagement: unless in tech. sense, elevatio hostiae, Hook's Ch. Dict.) II. Fig.: in various applications: 1. ēlātio: e. of style, e. [atque altitudo] orationis, Cic.: e. and greatness of mind, e. atque magnitudo animi, Cic. 2. altĭtūdo: v. loftiness. 3. contentio (the act of straining; esp. of the voice): cf. Cic. Brut. 65, 233: "animi magna, vocis parva contentio." Phr.: e. of voice, vocis elati modi (opp. inferiores), Quint. 11, 3, 17: very great e. of pitch, sonus acutissimus, ib. 41. III. A rising ground: tŭmŭlus, sŭpĕrior locus: v. height.