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
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..."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..."
