excelsus
Latin
Etymology
From excellō (“elevate”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈskel.sus/, [ɛkˈskɛɫ.sʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eksˈt͡ʃel.sus/
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | excelsus | excelsa | excelsum | excelsī | excelsae | excelsa | |
| Genitive | excelsī | excelsae | excelsī | excelsōrum | excelsārum | excelsōrum | |
| Dative | excelsō | excelsō | excelsīs | ||||
| Accusative | excelsum | excelsam | excelsum | excelsōs | excelsās | excelsa | |
| Ablative | excelsō | excelsā | excelsō | excelsīs | |||
| Vocative | excelse | excelsa | excelsum | excelsī | excelsae | excelsa | |
- comparative: excelsior, superlative: excelsissimus
Derived terms
- excelsitās
- excelsum
Related terms
References
- excelsus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- excelsus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- excelsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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