excellens

== Latin == === Etymology === Present participle of excellō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛksˈkɛl.lẽːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eksˈt͡ʃɛl.lens] === Participle === excellēns (genitive excellentis); third-declension one-termination participle elevating, rising exulting excelling, surpassing ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. === Adjective === excellēns (genitive excellentis, comparative excellentior, superlative excellentissimus, adverb excellenter); third-declension one-termination adjective distinguished Synonyms: cōnspicuus, distīnctus, eximius, ēgregius, īnsignis, praecipuus, nōbilis excellent Synonym: pulcher ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “excellens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “excellens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "excellens", 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) “excellens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin excellēns. Doublet of excellera and par excellence. === Noun === excellens c Excellency (form of address for certain dignitaries) excellence ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === excellens in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker excellens in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)