What does altus mean in latin?

Answer 1

Um so I had a test and it ask me this question and I put deep and my Teacher look like it was the wrong answer look like her face expression so I changed it to board because the question that I asked and I’m now I’m gonna change it to high because I think that’s the answer because if my teacher thinks that it’s not deep then it might be high so thank you for the answer

Answer 2

"Altus" is the Latin word that literally translates to the English words of "high", "elevated", or "deep". When used as a participle, it can also be translated to the English words of "nourished", "fed", "maintained", "developed", "kept", and "supported".

Answer 3

it means "high" or "deep".

the feminine form is "alta" and the neuter form is "altum".

Quite easy to remember, actrually, when you think about the word "altitude" in english