exalto
τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην → but what is this to me, about an oak or a rock | but what are these things about a tree or a rock to me | why all this about trees and rocks | why all this about what we have nothing to do with | but why am I off on this tangent
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ex-alto: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. altus (postAug.; mostly eccl. Lat.).
I To raise, elevate, exalt: deus alia exaltat, alia submittit, Sen. Q. N. 3 prooem.: TERMINOS VETVSTATE COLLAPSOS, Inscr. Fabr. p. 748, no. 555: solium, Vulg. Isa. 14, 13.—
B Trop.: exaltare, Deus, be praised, Vulg. Psa. 56, 5: vocem, id. Isa. 13, 2 et saep.—
II To deepen: fodiunt (sulcos) et exaltant in tres pedes, Col. 3, 13, 4: sulcum, id. 3, 13, 9: orbem ablaqueationis, id. 4, 4, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
exaltō, āvī, ātum, āre, tr.,
1 exhausser, élever [pr. et fig.] : Sen. *Nat. 3, præf., 9 ; Vulg. Is. 14, 13 || relever : CIL 6, 315, 54
2 creuser : exaltare sulcos in tres pedes Col. Rust. 3, 14, 3, donner aux sillons trois pieds de profondeur.
