excelsus, excelsa, excelsum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Souter (Later Latin)
- Age:
- Later
- Field:
- Arts
high pitched (sound/note);
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | excelsus | excelsi |
| Gen. | excelsi | excelsorum |
| Dat. | excelso | — |
| Acc. | excelsum | excelsos |
| Voc. | excelse | excelsi |
| Abl. | excelso | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | excelsa | excelsae |
| Gen. | excelsae | excelsarum |
| Dat. | excelsae | — |
| Acc. | excelsam | excelsas |
| Voc. | excelsa | excelsae |
| Abl. | excelsa | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | excelsum | excelsa |
| Gen. | excelsi | excelsorum |
| Dat. | excelso | — |
| Acc. | excelsum | excelsa |
| Voc. | excelsum | excelsa |
| Abl. | excelso | — |
Examples
- L
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...falsis magna nominibus placent, frustra timentur dura. Dum excelsus steti, numquam pauere destiti atque ipsum mei ferrum timere..." - M
Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...ipsos penitus perdiderunt, sic robustus animus et excelsus omni est liber cura et angore, cum et mortem contemnit..."