excelsissimum
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.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...grauatum fulciens laeua caput. eructat. O me caelitum excelsissimum, regumque regem! uota transcendi mea. satur est; capaci ducit..."de Bello Alexandrino
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...multum profici propter locorum difficultatem, cumque animum adverteret excelsissimum locum castrorum relictum esse ab Alexandrinis, quod..."