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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 9 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• elevation:
    1. I. The act of uplifting:
      1. 1. ēlātio (more freq. in fig. sense): Vitr.
      2. 2. allĕvātio (not in this sense in Cic.): e. and shrugging of the shoulders, humerorum al. atque contractio, Quint. 11, 3, 83.
      3. 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.)
    2. II. Fig.: in various applications:
      1. 1. ēlātio: e. of style, e. [atque altitudo] orationis, Cic.: e. and greatness of mind, e. atque magnitudo animi, Cic.
      2. 2. altĭtūdo: v. loftiness.
      3. 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.
    3. III. A rising ground: tŭmŭlus, sŭpĕrior locus: v. height.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• ELEVATION
  • Act of lifting up, allevatio (Quint.): elatio (e.g., onerum, Vitr.; figuratively animi, vocis): levatio (onerum, Vitr.): elevation of the voice, contentio vocis (Cic.); sublatio soni (Quint.): elevation of the mind, elatio, sublatio animi (the raising it to higher thoughts): ascensio (its progress toward perfection, Cic., Brut., 36, 137).
  • Height, (a) locus editus: collis: tumulus (mound of earth).
  • (b) FIG., altitudo: excelsitas (PROP. and figuratively): eminentia (part that stands out; but also figuratively = excellence): elatio (IMPROP., swelling of the mind, of language, etc.). Elevation of mind, animi altitudo: animi excelsitas, elatio, eminentia: elevation of language or style, orationis elatio atque altitudo; orationis or verborum granditas; verborum majestas or splendor: sublime elevation of language, sublimitas in verbis.
  • Act of praising, praedicatio.
  • In architecture, orthographia (Vitr., 1, 2, who defines it thus, erecta frontis imago modiceque picta rationibus operis futura figura).