celsus

== Latin == === Etymology === Participle of lost *cellō, from the Proto-Indo-European root *kelH- (“to rise”) (whence collis, columen etc.). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɛɫ.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛl.sus] === Adjective === celsus (feminine celsa, neuter celsum, comparative celsior); first/second-declension adjective lofty, high, tall haughty, arrogant, proud prominent, elevated erect noble ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== antecellō excellō praecellō ==== Descendants ==== → French: celse Italian: gelso Sardinian: chersa, chessa Sicilian: ceusu → Tachawit: tkilsa === References === “celsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “celsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "celsus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “celsus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “celsus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “celsus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “celsus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 576 Hamada, Hacene. 2018. On lexical obsolence in Tacawit: The case of six Berber fauna terms. Revue de Traduction & Langues 17. Page 55.