excelsus
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;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →excello, excellere, -, excelsus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
be eminent/preeminent; excel;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- L
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...falsis magna nominibus placent, frustra timentur dura. Dum excelsus steti, numquam pauere destiti atque ipsum mei ferrum timere..." - M
Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...ipsos penitus perdiderunt, sic robustus animus et excelsus omni est liber cura et angore, cum et mortem contemnit..."
