excelsius
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. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →excelse, excelsius, excelsissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
preeminently, outstandingly; in elevated/sublime manner; at/to high elevation;
Examples
Liber VI
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...media fronte inter aures unum cornu exsistit excelsius magisque directum his, quae nobis nota sunt, cornibus: ab eius..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...praetoris aut consulis partis sustineo. maius aliquid et excelsius a principe postulatur; et cum recte factorum sibi quisque..."
