5.4 up and high

suprā Acsuper Ab, above, over

suprā (adv.), above

īnsuper, on top, from above

dēsuper, from above

sursum or s. versus, upwards

altus, high (also deep); noun altitūdō

celsus, excelsus, sublīmis, ēditus, high, lofty prōcērus, tall, high; noun prōcēritās

arduus, high, steep

superus, above, upper, higher

superior, higher

summus, (poeticsuprēmus, highest; summus mōns, the top of the mountain 

culmen, summit

vertex, top

summus locus, highest point 

īnsistere, stand on

surgere, assurgere, cōnsurgere, exsurgere, rise, get up

suspicere, look up; noun suspectus

scandere, ascendere, cōnscendere, ēscendere, cōnītī, ascend, climb; noun ascēnsus, cōnscēnsiō

salīre, jump; noun saltus

exsilīre, exsultāre, prōsilīre, leap up

sublīme ferrī, fly up

tollere, attollere, extollere, levāre, sublevāre, raise, lift up

ērigere, set up

subvehere, carry or take up (stream)

down and low

īnfrā Acsubter Acsub Ac, below, under 

īnfrā, subter (adv.), below

deorsum, downwards

humilis, low; noun humilitās

prōclīvis, descending, downhill

praeceps, steep, precipitous

profundus, deep; noun profundum

īnferus, lower

īnferior, lower (of two)

īnfimus, īmus, lowest; sub īnfimō colle, at the foot of the hill

fundus, bottom

recumbere, lie down

dēpendere, prōpendēre, hang down 

dēvehī, go down

dēsīdere, sink down

cōnsīdere, sink, subside

cadere, dēcidere, fall; noun cāsus

prōcumbere, fall to the ground

dēlābī, prōlābī, slip down, fall; noun prōlāpsiō

concidere, fall down

dēscendere, climb down; noun dēscēnsus

dēfluere, flow, swim or glide down

salīre dē Abdēsilīre, leap down

ruere, rush down, tumble

dēcurrere, run or flow down; noun dēcursus

dēvolāre, fly or hasten down

dēvolvī, rush down

sē praecipitāre, throw oneself down

dēmittere, drop; sē manibus d., let oneself down; noun dēmissiō

dēferre, dēdūcere, dēportāre, bring down 

dēvehere, carry down

pōnere, dēpōnere, put down

afflīgere, abicere, dēicere, dēturbāre, throw down; Acpn praecipitem dēicere or praecipitāre, cast down headlong 

premere, supprimere, press down 

dētrūdere, thrust down

sternere, fell, knock down 

dēvolvere, roll down

dēmergere, immergere, sink, plunge (trans.

succīdere, cut down

from A Handbook of the Latin Language by Walter Ripman (1930). Transcribed by Carolus Raeticus (2011).

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