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

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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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• height:
    1. I. Elevation above the ground:
      1. 1. altĭtūdo (most gen. term): Cic.: Caes.
      2. 2. excelsĭtas (great h.: rare): Plin.: v. loftiness.
      3. 3. prōcērĭtas: v. tallness. Phr.: to an immense h., in immensum (e. g. editus), Sall. Jug. 92: Ov.
    2. II. An elevated place:
      1. 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. 2. lŏcus ēdĭtus: v. eminence (I.).
      3. 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. 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. 5. căcūmen, ĭnis, n.: v. summit.
      6. 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.
    3. III. Elevated position or rank: fastīgium: v. eminence (II.).
    4. IV. Utmost degree: exp. by summus: it is the h. of wisdom, folly, etc., summae est sapientiae, dementiae, etc.: v. extreme (subs. and adj.).
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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• HEIGHT
  • altitudo, excelsitas, sublimitas (all three PROP. and figuratively; ☞ there is no good authority for celsitas): proceritas (PROP., slimness; Vid: in HIGH, the difference of the adjectives). The height of a mountain, altitudo montis, excelsitas montis; but if “height” be = the highest point (PROP. and figuratively), the Latins express it either by fastigium (the highest point, culmination point), or with summus; e.g., the height of a mountain (its highest point), montis fastigium; mons summus. It is the height of madness, etc., extremae est dementiae, etc.: to such a height of (madness, etc.), huc or eo, with genitive (e.g., huc arrogantiae venire; eo impudentiae procedere, etc., followed by ut; scire videmini quo amentiae progressi sitis = to what a height of madness: ☞ This is common in Livy, Sall., but not found in Cic.). To such a height of perfection did rhetoric attain without art, in tam sublime fastigium sine arte venit rhetorice: to attain to the height of fortune, of glory, summam lortunam, summam gloriam consequi (☞ but altitudo fortunae, gloriae, denotes the almost unattainable height of fortune, etc.). to make the towers of an equal height, turres ad libram facere.
  • A height, locus editus, or editior, or superior (general term, a place that lies high): clivus (a height with a gentle ascent): tumulus (a moderate elevation in a plain, whether natural or artificial): despectus (from which there is a perpendicular view): agger (a heap made of earth, brush-wood, rubbish, etc.; a mound): heights on the mountains, montani colles: to occupy the heights, loca edita (editiora) occupare or capere.