depth Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. altĭtūdo2. prŏfundĭtas (strictly, unfathomable or exceeding d.II. Concrete1. altum, prŏfundum (the latter poet.)2. pontus (the deep sea)3. gurges, ĭtis, m. (strictly, a whirlpool; hence, a deep gulf or abyss)4. fundus (strictly, the bottom of anything)III. The quality of deepness (in other physical applications)IV. Profoundness of mental qualities • depth: I. Lit.: the quality of deepness: 1. altĭtūdo: immense d., infinita, miranda a., Cic.: Caes. 2. prŏfundĭtas (strictly, unfathomable or exceeding d.: rare): Macr. Phr.: sunk to the d. of about 12 feet, circiter duodecim pedes humi depressus, Sall. (but in altitudinem, Cic.): to get out of one's d., vado destitui (cf. Liv. 21, 28, med.); supra plantam evagari, Val. Max. II. Concrete: that which is deep (only in pl.): 1. altum, prŏfundum (the latter poet.): to be drowned in the d.s of the sea, demergi in profundum maris, Vulg.: v. deep. 2. pontus (the deep sea): the d.s of the sea, pontus maris, Virg. A. 10, 377. 3. gurges, ĭtis, m. (strictly, a whirlpool; hence, a deep gulf or abyss): what d.s (of the sea), what streams, qui g., quae flumina, Hor.: Virg.: v. gulf, abyss. 4. fundus (strictly, the bottom of anything): Nereus heaves up the waters from their lowest d.s, imo Nereus ciet aequora fundo, Virg.: v. bottom. Phr.: from the very d.s, imis vadis, Virg. III. The quality of deepness (in other physical applications): (a). measurement from the front: Phr.: 300 feet in d., trecentos (pedes) in agrum, Hor. S. 1, 8, 12: each line was ten men in d., singulae acies denos ordines in latitudinem habuerunt, Front. 2, 3, 22 (where Lipsius conjectured in altitudinem, wrongly: see the place). (b). lowness of pitch in sounds: grăvĭtas: (Kr.): not to have any d. of voice, *graviores voces non assequi; voce exili esse. (c). of hue: austērĭtas: Plin.: or (better), expr. by adj.: color satur, saturior: v. deep. (d). extremity: as in Phr.: it was the d. of winter, erat summa hiems, Cic.: the d. of silence, altum silentium, Sen.: the d. of want, *summa rerum inopia: v. extremity. (e). of forests: perh. expr. by densissimus: as, they hid themselves in the d.s of the forests, *in densissimas silvas se abdiderunt; silvarum profunda, Tac. IV. Profoundness of mental qualities: alta indoles, Liv.: or perh. altitudo mentis (altitudo animi, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88, is something quite different): cf. Vulg. Rom. xi. 33: O altitudo divitiarum sapientiae et scientiae Dei! (more class., O altam illam ac profundam Dei sapientiam, etc.!): what d. of learning! *quantae doctrinae! quanta rerum abstrusarum ac reconditarum scientia! d. of erudition, intima disciplinae profunditas, Macr. S. S. 7. (Not mentis acies, subtilitas, which denote acuteness or accuracy, rather than depth of mind.)
DEPTH Copy link • DEPTHaltitudo (depth, as a quality): profunditas (depth, as a property; though not used by ancient writers, it is analogically formed, and may be retained wherever perspicuity requires it): profundum: altum (depths of the sea; hardly, except where mare, locus, etc. can be supplied; e.g., jecissem me potius in profundum, sc. mare, into the depths of the sea): vorago (an abyss): latitudo (horizontal depth from face to back; breadth, opposed to longitudo): vocis genus grave (depth of voice or sound): recessus (that which retires back; e.g., recessus oris, etc.): depths, loca in mirandam altitudinem depressa: the depths of a forest, silvarum profunda (Tac.): the depth of the stream, altitudo fluminis: the immense depth (of a river), profunda altitudo (Tac.): the depth of the sea, altitudo maris (as a property); profundum maris (the bottom of the sea): to cast one’s self into the depths of the sea, praecipitare (without design); se jacere in profundum (with design): to be out of one’s depth, in profundo esse; solo or vado fugiente destitui aliquem vadum destituit (Liv. 21, 28): to be afraid of getting out of one’s depth, timere altitudinem (Liv. 21, 28): the house is thirty feet in depth, domus triginta pedes in latitudinem exstructa est; domus triginta pedes lata est. Depth of character, altitudo ingenii; of soul, altitudo animi (βαθύτης; Vid: Beier, Cic., Off., 1, 25, 88): the depth of the Divine wisdom, summa Dei sapientia. ☞ Neither profunditas, nor profundum, nor altitudo can be used for “depth of learning,” “depth of intellect,” etc.; but either subtilitas or acumen ingenii, or circumlocution, ingenium subtile; litterae non vulgares, sed interiores quaedam et reconditae, etc. Middle; in the depth of the night, media nocte: the depth of winter, summa hiems: it was the depth of winter, the weather being very cold and rainy, erat hiems summa, tempestas perfrigida, imber maximus (Cic.).