altius

altius is a Latin form of alo, meaning “nourish, feed, support”.

It can also be a form of altus, “high; deep”. It is the adverb or comparative adverb or comparative noun or nominative singular neuter comparative noun.

Found 248 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 1.1.19: … criminum ratione, in iudicum potestate, non in comitiis consularibus positam arbitrabantur, indignum iis qui altius perspiciebant et hanc gratulationem ad iudicium corrumpendum spectare videbant.

Vergil, Georgics 4.285: insincerus apes tulerit cruor. Altius omnem

All forms of alo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.