excelsi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →excelsus, excelsa, excelsum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Souter (Later Latin)
- Age:
- Later
- Field:
- Arts
high pitched (sound/note);; lofty/high; tall; exalted; elevated; noble; of high position/rank/reputation;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →excello, excellere, -, excelsus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
be eminent/preeminent; excel;
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →excelsum, excelsi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
height, high place/ground/altitude; eminence; high position/rank/station;; altar, temple (pl.); citadel; [in ~is/in ~o => in the highest/on high];
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Satura V
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...saepta asparagis qua despiciat conuiuia cauda, dum uenit excelsi manibus sublata ministri. sed tibi dimidio constrictus cammarus..."Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...generosus animus, quod concitatur ad honesta. Neminem excelsi ingenii virum humilia delectant et sordida: magnarum rerum species..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...spargere, nunc seris ostendere noctibus ignes. ipse vel excelsi cum densa silentia montis strata vel oblatis ductor videt..."
Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uirago abstitit, inque uicem Stygiae rubuere sorores. prominet excelsis uulgus miserabile tectis, cuncta madent lacrimis et ab omni..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...amputat; ille cadens, nondum conamine adempto, truncus in excelsis spectat sua bracchia ramis. Hypseos hasta Sagen ingenti uulnere..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...patrias dabit insedisse curules. Sed quis ab excelsis Troianae collibus Albae,unde suae iuxta prospectat moenia Romaeproximus ille..."de Bello Hispaniensi
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...auxilia Pompei duabus defenderentur rebus, oppido et excelsi loci natura. Hinc derigens proxima planities aequabatur. Cuius decursum antecedebat..."de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...theatri efficit speciem. In hoc iugo colles sunt excelsi pauci, in quibus singulae turres speculaeque singulae perveteres erant..."
