"excelsus" meaning in Latin

See excelsus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /eksˈkel.sus/ [Classical-Latin], [ɛks̠ˈkɛɫ̪s̠ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /eksˈt͡ʃel.sus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [eksˈt͡ʃɛlsus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From excellō (“elevate”). Head templates: {{la-adj|excelsus|comp=excelsior|sup=excelsissimus}} excelsus (feminine excelsa, neuter excelsum, comparative excelsior, superlative excelsissimus); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|excelsus}} Forms: excelsa [feminine], excelsum [neuter], excelsior [comparative], excelsissimus [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], excelsus [masculine, nominative, singular], excelsa [feminine, nominative, singular], excelsum [neuter, nominative, singular], excelsī [masculine, nominative, singular], excelsae [feminine, nominative, plural], excelsa [neuter, nominative, plural], excelsī [genitive, masculine, singular], excelsae [feminine, genitive, singular], excelsī [genitive, neuter, singular], excelsōrum [genitive, masculine, singular], excelsārum [feminine, genitive, plural], excelsōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], excelsō [dative, masculine, singular], excelsae [dative, feminine, singular], excelsō [dative, neuter, singular], excelsīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter], excelsum [accusative, masculine, singular], excelsam [accusative, feminine, singular], excelsum [accusative, neuter, singular], excelsōs [accusative, masculine, singular], excelsās [accusative, feminine, plural], excelsa [accusative, neuter, plural], excelsō [ablative, masculine, singular], excelsā [ablative, feminine, singular], excelsō [ablative, neuter, singular], excelsīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter], excelse [masculine, singular, vocative], excelsa [feminine, singular, vocative], excelsum [neuter, singular, vocative], excelsī [masculine, singular, vocative], excelsae [feminine, plural, vocative], excelsa [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. elevated, lofty Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Synonyms: sublimis, altus
    Sense id: en-excelsus-la-adj-r6amY3nP
  2. surpassing, excelling Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-excelsus-la-adj-SwRnSmyl Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: excelsitās, excelsum Related terms: excellēns, excellenter, excellentia, excellō, excelsē

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "excelsitās"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "excelsum"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "excels"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: excels",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: excels"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "excelso"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: excelso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: excelso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "eccelso"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: eccelso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: eccelso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "excelso"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: excelso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: excelso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "excelso"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: excelso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: excelso"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From excellō (“elevate”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "excelsa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsissimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "excelsus",
        "comp": "excelsior",
        "sup": "excelsissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "excelsus (feminine excelsa, neuter excelsum, comparative excelsior, superlative excelsissimus); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "excelsus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "excellēns"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "excellenter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "excellentia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "excellō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "excelsē"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "demissus"
        },
        {
          "word": "sordidus"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Glory to God in the highest.",
          "text": "Glōria in excelsīs Deō.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "elevated, lofty"
      ],
      "id": "en-excelsus-la-adj-r6amY3nP",
      "links": [
        [
          "elevated",
          "elevated"
        ],
        [
          "lofty",
          "lofty"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sublimis"
        },
        {
          "word": "altus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "surpassing, excelling"
      ],
      "id": "en-excelsus-la-adj-SwRnSmyl",
      "links": [
        [
          "surpassing",
          "surpassing"
        ],
        [
          "excelling",
          "excelling"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eksˈkel.sus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɛks̠ˈkɛɫ̪s̠ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eksˈt͡ʃel.sus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[eksˈt͡ʃɛlsus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "excelsus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "excelsitās"
    },
    {
      "word": "excelsum"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "excels"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: excels",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: excels"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "excelso"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: excelso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: excelso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "eccelso"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: eccelso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: eccelso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "excelso"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: excelso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: excelso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "excelso"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: excelso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: excelso"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From excellō (“elevate”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "excelsa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsissimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "excelsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "excelsus",
        "comp": "excelsior",
        "sup": "excelsissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "excelsus (feminine excelsa, neuter excelsum, comparative excelsior, superlative excelsissimus); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "excelsus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "excellēns"
    },
    {
      "word": "excellenter"
    },
    {
      "word": "excellentia"
    },
    {
      "word": "excellō"
    },
    {
      "word": "excelsē"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "demissus"
        },
        {
          "word": "sordidus"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Glory to God in the highest.",
          "text": "Glōria in excelsīs Deō.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "elevated, lofty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "elevated",
          "elevated"
        ],
        [
          "lofty",
          "lofty"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sublimis"
        },
        {
          "word": "altus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "surpassing, excelling"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surpassing",
          "surpassing"
        ],
        [
          "excelling",
          "excelling"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eksˈkel.sus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɛks̠ˈkɛɫ̪s̠ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eksˈt͡ʃel.sus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[eksˈt͡ʃɛlsus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "excelsus"
}

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