excellentia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →excello, excellere, -, excelsus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
be eminent/preeminent; excel;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →excellentia, excellentiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
excellence, superiority; merit;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →excellens, excellentis (gen.), excellentior -or -us, excellentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
distinguished, excellent;
acc. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...licebit otiose ista quaerere, de magnitudine rerum, de excellentia, quanta in quoque sit ad beate vivendum, de istis..."de Bello Hispaniensi
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...castra habuit constituta. Namque ut superius demonstravimus, loca excellentia tumulis contineri, interim nulla planitie edividit; id quod..."Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...portam Capenam dedicata a M. Marcello templa propter excellentia eius generis ornamenta, quorum perexigua pars comparet. Legationes omnium..."
