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.
ELEVATION Copy link • ELEVATIONAct 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).