excelsus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin excellō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin excelsus

From excellō (“elevate”) + -tus (forms past participles).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛkˈskɛɫ.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ekˈʃɛl.sus]

Adjective

excelsus (feminine excelsa, neuter excelsum, comparative excelsior, superlative excelsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. elevated, lofty

   Synonyms: sublimis, altus

   Antonym: dēmissus

   Glōria in excelsīs Deō.

   Glory to God in the highest.

2. surpassing, excelling

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	excelsus	excelsa	excelsum		excelsī	excelsae	excelsa
genitive	excelsī	excelsae	excelsī		excelsōrum	excelsārum	excelsōrum
dative	excelsō	excelsae	excelsō		excelsīs
accusative	excelsum	excelsam	excelsum		excelsōs	excelsās	excelsa
ablative	excelsō	excelsā	excelsō		excelsīs
vocative	excelse	excelsa	excelsum		excelsī	excelsae	excelsa

Derived terms

• excelsitās
• excelsum

Related terms

• excellēns
• excellenter
• excellentia
• excellō
• excelsē

Descendants

• → Catalan: excels
• → Galician: excelso
• → Italian: eccelso
• → Portuguese: excelso
• → Spanish: excelso

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.