excelsus

== Latin == === Etymology === 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 elevated, lofty Synonyms: sublimis, altus Antonyms: demissus, sordidus surpassing, excelling ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== excelsitās excelsum ==== Related terms ==== ==== 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.