excelsiorem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →excelsus, excelsa -um, excelsior -or -us, excelsissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
lofty/high; tall; exalted; elevated; noble; of high position/rank/reputation;
acc. sg. (m./f.)
Examples
- A
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...collegit, quod erat consequens, tanto fuisse Herculem corpore excelsiorem quam alios, quanto Olympicum stadium ceteris pari numero factis..." - L
Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...extollit, amplificat, bonum est; validiorem autem animum et excelsiorem et ampliorem facit virtus. Nam cetera quae cupiditates nostras..."