elate
Dictionary entries
- Entry →effero, efferre, extuli, elatus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
carry out; bring out; carry out for burial; raise;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →elatus, elata -um, elatior -or -us, elatissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
raised, reaching high level; head high, proudly erect; sublime/exalted/grand;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →elate, elatius, elatissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
haughtily, proudly; insolently; in a grand/lofty style of speech/writing;
Examples
- M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...musice. XXIV. Namque et voce et modulatione grandia elate, iucunda dulciter, moderata leniter canit totaque arte consentit..." - P
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...citum ferrata calce fatigat. 'vane Ligus frustraque animis elate superbis, nequiquam patrias temptasti lubricus artis, nec fraus..."
