-  ALTUS,  considered  as  synonymous  with  the  otliers,  signifies  high,
lofty.  Via  alta  atque  ardua.  Cic. — ARDUUS,  steep,  inaccessible.  As-
censu  difficili  et  arduo  erat  opidum.  Cic.  Figuratively  :  Ardua  mo-
liri.  Ovid. — CKLM'S,  (from  the  obsolete  cello,  to  exceed)  high,  stately,
lofty.  Celsa.1  turret.  1  lor.  Figuratively  :  Vir  celsus  et  erectus,  et
omnia,  quie  accidere  possunt,  despiciens.  Cic. — EXCKLSUS,  of  a
great  elevation.  Ostendebat  Carthaginem  de  excelso  quodam  loco.
Cic.  Figuratively  :  Altus  et  excelsus,  et  humana  despiciens.  Cic.
Finxit  te  natura  ad  oumes  virtutes  magnum  et  excelsum.  Id.  PRJE-
<  KLSUS  rises  above  the  idea  of  excelsus,  and  signifies  extremely  high. —
EDITUS,  (datus  e)  raised  above  the  level.  Enna  est  loco  praecelso
atque  edito.  Cic.  Enna  stands  on  a  rising  ground,  and  on  the  highest
•Jtart  of  that  ground. — SIHMMIS,  (supra  limum)  raised  above  the
ground.  Mice  locutus  subliinisabit.  Liv.  Figuratively:  Versus  sub-
lime?. Hor — PROCKKU.S,  very  tall,  very  long.  Procerae  arbores.
Hor.  Procerus  habit u.  Tac.  Of  a  gigantic  stature.
187.  Amandare.  Ablegare.  Relegare.  Aqua  et  igni  Interdicere.
AM  AX  DARK,  (mandare  a)  to  send  away,  to  set  further  off,  to  re-
move, nil/tout  determining  either  time  or  place.  Me  expulso,  Catone
amandato.  Cic.  Amandat  hominem :  quo:  Lilyb;tum.  Id.  Figu-
ratively .•  Sic  natura  res  similes  procul  amandavit  a  seiisibus.  Cic.
—  A  1,1,  i.i,  \  i;  i  .  ( Icgare  ab)  to  send  one  out  nf  the  it'uy,  irho  hinders  a
design,  or  in  any  way  displeases.  Honestos  homines,  qui  causum  no-
rant,  ablegarat.  C'ie.  Sub  id  tenipus  pueros  vnn'tum  ablegavit.
Liv.  He  sent  the  young  men  on  a  hunting- [tarty ,  in  order  to  keep  them
out  of  the  way .  —  HKI.I  -,,A  in :.  to  send  away  far ,  to  lanish,  to  exile.
