sublimity Copy link Outline 1. ēlātio, f. (of mind and style)2. excelsĭtas, f.3. sublīmĭtas, f. (of style) • sublimity: 1. ēlātio, f. (of mind and style): s. of style, elatio atque altitudo orationis, Cic. Brut. 17, 66. 2. excelsĭtas, f.: s. of mind, excelsitas animi, Cic. Off. 3, 5, 24. 3. sublīmĭtas, f. (of style): Quint. 1, 8, 5: the s. of a steadfast mind, s. invicti animi, Plin. 7, 25, 26. Join: sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor, Quint. 8, 3, 3.
SUBLIMITY Copy link • SUBLIMITYaltitudo: excelsitas: elatio (Cic.): sublimitas (Quint.); or by the adjective, Sublimity of style, orationis elatio atque altitudo: grande dicendi genus: sublimity in expression, sublimitas in verbis; majestas verborum (Cic.).