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  • 21 hoch

    hoch I adj GEN high (Preis, Schätzung, Steuer); exacting (Anspruch, Standard) • auf hohem Niveau stehend GEN sophisticated • einen hohen finanziellen Verlust erleiden FIN (infrml) take a cleaning • einen zu hohen Preis fordern FIN overprice • etw. auf die hohe Kante legen GEN (infrml) save for a rainy day, put sth aside for a rainy day • hohen Schadensersatz zusprechen RECHT adjudge heavy damages • in hohem Maße 1. GEN substantially, to a large extent, heavily; 2. STEUER heavily • mit hohen Ansprüchen an handwerkliches Geschick PERS skill-intensive (Aufgabe, Arbeit) hoch II adv GEN highly, heavily • hoch automatisiert BANK highly automated • hoch belastet BANK, GRUND, RW heavily mortgaged • hoch besteuert STEUER high-duty • hoch bezahlt PERS high-paid, highly paid • hoch differenziert GEN sophisticated • hoch entwickelt 1. GEN advanced, sophisticated; 2. IND high-stream • hoch profiliert V&M high-profile • hoch qualifiziert PERS highly qualified, highly skilled • hoch technisiert COMP, IND sophisticated • hoch verschuldet BANK heavily in debt
    * * *
    adj < Geschäft> Preis, Schätzung, Steuer high, Anspruch, Standard exacting ■ auf hohem Niveau stehend < Geschäft> sophisticated ■ einen hohen finanziellen Verlust erleiden < Finanz> take a cleaning infrml ■ einen zu hohen Preis fordern < Finanz> overprice ■ etw. auf die hohe Kante legen infrml < Geschäft> save for a rainy day, put sth aside for a rainy day ■ hohen Schadensersatz zusprechen < Recht> adjudge heavy damages ■ in hohem Maße 1. < Geschäft> substantially, to a large extent, heavily; 2. < Steuer> heavily ■ mit hohen Ansprüchen an handwerkliches Geschick < Person> Aufgabe, Arbeit skill-intensive
    adv < Geschäft> highly, heavily ■ hoch automatisiert < Bank> highly automated ■ hoch begabt < Person> highly gifted, highly talented ■ hoch belastet <Bank, Grund, Rechnung> heavily mortgaged ■ hoch besteuert < Steuer> high-duty ■ hoch bezahlt < Person> high-paid, highly paid ■ hoch differenziert < Geschäft> sophisticated ■ hoch entwickelt 1. < Geschäft> advanced, sophisticated; 2. < Ind> high-stream ■ hoch gestellt < Geschäft> Persönlichkeit top-ranking ■ hoch profiliert <V&M> high-profile ■ hoch qualifiziert < Person> highly skilled ■ hoch technisiert <Comp, Ind> sophisticated ■ hoch verschuldet < Bank> heavily in debt
    * * *
    hoch
    (im Preis) high, hard;
    • übermäßig hoch (Preise) stiff;
    • unbestimmt hoch open-end;
    • effektiv zu hoch definitely too high;
    • hoch angesehen of high repute (standing), highly respected;
    • hoch besteuert heavily taxed, heavy-duty;
    • hoch bezahlt highly paid;
    • hoch empfindlich (Foto) rapid;
    • hoch entwickelt highly developed, advanced;
    • hoch gelegen high-lying;
    • hoch gestellt of high rank;
    • hoch industrialisiert highly industrial;
    • hoch komfortabel luxurious, with all modern conveniences;
    • hoch im Kurs (Wertpapiere) up;
    • hoch liquide highly liquid, cash-rich;
    • hoch im Preis dear, high[-priced], hard, steep, expensive;
    • hoch qualifiziert highly qualified, high-calibre (Br.) (-level, -potential);
    • hoch rentierlich high-coupon;
    • hoch stehend distinguished, high-ranking, (Papiere) high-priced, (Preis) high;
    • gesellschaftlich hoch stehend of high social standing, great;
    • hoch technisiert high-technological;
    • hoch technologisch high-tech;
    • hoch verschuldet greatly indebted;
    • zu hoch bemessen to overassess, to overrate;
    • sich dauernd hoch halten (Kurse) to continue high;
    • hoch zu stehen kommen to cost dear;
    • ziemlich hoch sein (Preise, Kurse) to be on the high side;
    • hoch besteuert sein to be highly rated (heavily taxed);
    • hoch im Kurse stehen to rule high;
    • hoch gewertet werden to take a high rank;
    • hoch bezahlter Beamter highly-paid executive (US);
    • hoch stehender Beamter high official;
    • hoch qualifizierte Erzeugnisse high-class goods;
    • hoch technologisches Fachwissen high-tech know-how;
    • hoch geschraubte Forderungen exaggerated demands;
    • technisch hoch entwickelte Industriezweige high-technology industries;
    • hoch industrialisierte Länder fully industrialized countries;
    • hoch technologische Neuerungen high-tech innovations;
    • hoch gestellte Persönlichkeit high-up (coll.), very important person (VIP);
    • hoch stehende Persönlichkeiten top drawer (sl.);
    • hoch rentierliche Staatsobligationen high-yield government bonds;
    • hoch dotierte Stellung highly paid job;
    • hoch qualifizierte Verkaufstechnik high-pressure salesmanship.

    Business german-english dictionary > hoch

  • 22 высокопоставленный чиновник

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > высокопоставленный чиновник

  • 23 alto dignatario

    Ex. At the top of the hierarchy would be the high officials and their families: the vizier, the overseer of the treasury, and the first priest.
    * * *

    Ex: At the top of the hierarchy would be the high officials and their families: the vizier, the overseer of the treasury, and the first priest.

    Spanish-English dictionary > alto dignatario

  • 24 dignatario

    m.
    dignitary.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 dignitary
    * * *
    (f. - dignataria)
    noun
    * * *
    dignatario, -a
    SM / F dignitary
    * * *
    - ria masculino, femenino dignitary
    * * *
    Ex. This article looks at the libraries maintained by the rulers and other dignitaries of the time.
    ----
    * alto dignatario = high official.
    * dignatario eclesiástico = ecclesiastical official.
    * * *
    - ria masculino, femenino dignitary
    * * *

    Ex: This article looks at the libraries maintained by the rulers and other dignitaries of the time.

    * alto dignatario = high official.
    * dignatario eclesiástico = ecclesiastical official.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    dignitary
    * * *

    dignatario
    ◊ - ria sustantivo masculino, femenino

    dignitary
    dignatario,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino dignitary

    ' dignatario' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dignataria
    - ramo
    English:
    dignitary
    * * *
    dignatario, -a nm,f
    dignitary
    * * *
    m, dignataria f dignitary
    * * *
    : dignitary

    Spanish-English dictionary > dignatario

  • 25 hohes Amt bekleiden

    hohes Amt bekleiden
    to be high-placed;
    • hohe Anforderungen stellen to make great demands;
    • hohes Ansehen genießen to be held in high repute;
    • hoher Beamter high official;
    • hohe Behörde (EU) High Authority;
    • hohes Gehalt high salary;
    • hohe Geldstrafe heavy fine;
    • auf die hohe Kante legen to put away for a rainy day;
    • hohes Niveau high level;
    • hohe Obrigkeit the powers that be;
    • sehr hoher Preis exorbitant (steep) price;
    • hohen Preis erzielen to fetch a high price;
    • hohe Rechnung long bill;
    • hohe Staatsstellung innehaben to be high-up in the civil service;
    • hoher Stand high level;
    • mit hohem Standard of high standing;
    • hohe Stellung bekleiden to be high in office;
    • hohe Steuerstufe high bracket;
    • bei hoher Strafe under a heavy penalty;
    • hohe vertragsschließende Teile high contracting parties;
    • hohes Tier bigwig, big shot (US sl.), high-up (coll.);
    • hohe Verschleißquote high mortality;
    • hoher Zinsfuß high rate of interest.

    Business german-english dictionary > hohes Amt bekleiden

  • 26 महामात्र


    mahā́-mātra
    mfn. great in measure, great, the greatest, best, most excellent of (comp.) MBh. R. ;

    m. a man of high rank, high official, prime minister ib. etc.;
    an elephant-driver orﾠ keeper Mn. MBh. Hariv. etc.;
    a superintendent of elephants W. ;
    (ī) f. a spiritual teacher's wife L. ;
    the wife of a prime minister orﾠ high official, great lady W.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > महामात्र

  • 27 maiyet

    ,-ti 1. suite, entourage (of a high official). 2. employ, service. -inde at his side, right beside him. - memuru junior official (in the entourage of a high official).

    Saja Türkçe - İngilizce Sözlük > maiyet

  • 28 должностное лицо

    1. civil servant
    2. official
    3. public servant
    4. functionary
    5. office-bearer
    6. officeholder
    7. executive
    8. offical
    9. officer

    лицо, осуществляющее надзор — probation officer

    Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > должностное лицо

  • 29 embedsmand

    civil servant, official, office-bearer
    * * *
    official ( fx an official of the local government; a Government official), (public el. government) officer,
    ( i centraladministrationen) civil servant;
    [ høj embedsmand] high official;
    [ lavere embedsmand] minor official.

    Danish-English dictionary > embedsmand

  • 30 excello

    ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].
    I.
    Act., to raise up, elevate; only:

    recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,

    Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—
    II.
    Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).
    A.
    Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),
    2.
    In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:

    ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

    ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:

    inter omnes,

    id. Or. 2, 6:

    super ceteros,

    Liv. 28, 43:

    ante ceteros,

    App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:

    qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

    quae una ceteris excellebat,

    id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:

    ceteris,

    Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:

    bonā famā,

    Lucr. 6, 13:

    ingenio scientiāque,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

    animi magnitudine,

    id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:

    actione,

    id. Brut. 59, 215:

    hoc genere virtutis,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    dignitate,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:

    altitudine,

    Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:

    candore,

    id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:

    in arte,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    in aliqua arte et facultate,

    id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

    in alia parte orationis,

    id. Brut. 59, 215:

    maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,

    id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:

    excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:

    vitiis,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

    cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,

    id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,
    1.
    excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.
    A.
    Lit., high, lofty (very rare;

    not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,

    Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,
    B.
    Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:

    deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,

    Cic. Div. 2, 63:

    Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,

    id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;

    for which also: in omni genere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:

    cujus excellens in re militari gloria,

    id. Rep. 2, 17:

    Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,

    id. Brut. 97, 333:

    natura excellens atque praestans,

    id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:

    scientia excellens atque singularis,

    id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:

    vir excellenti providentia,

    id. Rep. 2, 3;

    for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,

    id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):

    studium,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:

    pulchritudo muliebris formae,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:

    ova excellentiora,

    Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

    nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,

    Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:

    excellentissima virtus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

    cultus,

    Suet. Ner. 20:

    triumphus,

    id. Caes. 37:

    aurum,

    Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:

    excellentissime,

    Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—
    2.
    ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).
    A.
    Lit.:

    mons,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:

    locus,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 11:

    porticus,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

    basis (statuae),

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.

    signum,

    id. ib.:

    statura,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    aves (Ibes),

    Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

    altitudo vineae,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:

    in excelsiore loco,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

    cornu (bovis),

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:

    crura chamaeleonis,

    Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:

    mons,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.

    locus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:

    rupes,

    Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

    aegilops,

    id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—
    b.
    Subst.
    1.
    excelsum, i, n., a height:

    simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

    Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,

    Ov. H. 15, 165; so,

    ab excelso,

    id. F. 2, 369:

    prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—
    2.
    Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:

    te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

    magnus homo et excelsus,

    id. Mur. 29:

    animus excelsus magnificusque,

    id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

    excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,

    id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:

    te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,

    Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:

    (orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,

    Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:

    quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,

    Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:

    excelsissimae victoriae,

    Vell. 2, 96 fin.:

    duces,

    id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.
    (α).
    , m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

    excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

    Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—
    (β).
    Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:

    in excelso aetatem agere,

    i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—
    2.
    Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.
    1.
    Lit.:

    si vitis scandit excelsius,

    Col. 4, 1, 5.—
    2.
    Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:

    ornat excelse,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:

    excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,

    Cic. Or. 34, 119:

    excelsissime floruit (Sparta),

    exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > excello

  • 31 excellonter

    ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].
    I.
    Act., to raise up, elevate; only:

    recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,

    Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—
    II.
    Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).
    A.
    Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),
    2.
    In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:

    ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

    ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:

    inter omnes,

    id. Or. 2, 6:

    super ceteros,

    Liv. 28, 43:

    ante ceteros,

    App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:

    qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

    quae una ceteris excellebat,

    id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:

    ceteris,

    Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:

    bonā famā,

    Lucr. 6, 13:

    ingenio scientiāque,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

    animi magnitudine,

    id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:

    actione,

    id. Brut. 59, 215:

    hoc genere virtutis,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    dignitate,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:

    altitudine,

    Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:

    candore,

    id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:

    in arte,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    in aliqua arte et facultate,

    id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

    in alia parte orationis,

    id. Brut. 59, 215:

    maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,

    id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:

    excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:

    vitiis,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

    cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,

    id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,
    1.
    excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.
    A.
    Lit., high, lofty (very rare;

    not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,

    Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,
    B.
    Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:

    deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,

    Cic. Div. 2, 63:

    Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,

    id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;

    for which also: in omni genere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:

    cujus excellens in re militari gloria,

    id. Rep. 2, 17:

    Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,

    id. Brut. 97, 333:

    natura excellens atque praestans,

    id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:

    scientia excellens atque singularis,

    id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:

    vir excellenti providentia,

    id. Rep. 2, 3;

    for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,

    id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):

    studium,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:

    pulchritudo muliebris formae,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:

    ova excellentiora,

    Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

    nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,

    Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:

    excellentissima virtus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

    cultus,

    Suet. Ner. 20:

    triumphus,

    id. Caes. 37:

    aurum,

    Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:

    excellentissime,

    Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—
    2.
    ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).
    A.
    Lit.:

    mons,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:

    locus,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 11:

    porticus,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

    basis (statuae),

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.

    signum,

    id. ib.:

    statura,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    aves (Ibes),

    Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

    altitudo vineae,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:

    in excelsiore loco,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

    cornu (bovis),

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:

    crura chamaeleonis,

    Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:

    mons,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.

    locus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:

    rupes,

    Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

    aegilops,

    id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—
    b.
    Subst.
    1.
    excelsum, i, n., a height:

    simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

    Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,

    Ov. H. 15, 165; so,

    ab excelso,

    id. F. 2, 369:

    prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—
    2.
    Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:

    te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

    magnus homo et excelsus,

    id. Mur. 29:

    animus excelsus magnificusque,

    id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

    excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,

    id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:

    te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,

    Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:

    (orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,

    Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:

    quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,

    Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:

    excelsissimae victoriae,

    Vell. 2, 96 fin.:

    duces,

    id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.
    (α).
    , m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

    excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

    Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—
    (β).
    Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:

    in excelso aetatem agere,

    i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—
    2.
    Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.
    1.
    Lit.:

    si vitis scandit excelsius,

    Col. 4, 1, 5.—
    2.
    Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:

    ornat excelse,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:

    excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,

    Cic. Or. 34, 119:

    excelsissime floruit (Sparta),

    exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > excellonter

  • 32 excelsi

    ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].
    I.
    Act., to raise up, elevate; only:

    recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,

    Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—
    II.
    Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).
    A.
    Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),
    2.
    In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:

    ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

    ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:

    inter omnes,

    id. Or. 2, 6:

    super ceteros,

    Liv. 28, 43:

    ante ceteros,

    App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:

    qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

    quae una ceteris excellebat,

    id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:

    ceteris,

    Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:

    bonā famā,

    Lucr. 6, 13:

    ingenio scientiāque,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

    animi magnitudine,

    id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:

    actione,

    id. Brut. 59, 215:

    hoc genere virtutis,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    dignitate,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:

    altitudine,

    Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:

    candore,

    id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:

    in arte,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    in aliqua arte et facultate,

    id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

    in alia parte orationis,

    id. Brut. 59, 215:

    maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,

    id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:

    excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:

    vitiis,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

    cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,

    id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,
    1.
    excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.
    A.
    Lit., high, lofty (very rare;

    not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,

    Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,
    B.
    Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:

    deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,

    Cic. Div. 2, 63:

    Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,

    id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;

    for which also: in omni genere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:

    cujus excellens in re militari gloria,

    id. Rep. 2, 17:

    Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,

    id. Brut. 97, 333:

    natura excellens atque praestans,

    id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:

    scientia excellens atque singularis,

    id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:

    vir excellenti providentia,

    id. Rep. 2, 3;

    for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,

    id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):

    studium,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:

    pulchritudo muliebris formae,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:

    ova excellentiora,

    Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

    nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,

    Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:

    excellentissima virtus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

    cultus,

    Suet. Ner. 20:

    triumphus,

    id. Caes. 37:

    aurum,

    Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:

    excellentissime,

    Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—
    2.
    ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).
    A.
    Lit.:

    mons,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:

    locus,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 11:

    porticus,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

    basis (statuae),

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.

    signum,

    id. ib.:

    statura,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    aves (Ibes),

    Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

    altitudo vineae,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:

    in excelsiore loco,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

    cornu (bovis),

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:

    crura chamaeleonis,

    Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:

    mons,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.

    locus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:

    rupes,

    Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

    aegilops,

    id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—
    b.
    Subst.
    1.
    excelsum, i, n., a height:

    simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

    Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,

    Ov. H. 15, 165; so,

    ab excelso,

    id. F. 2, 369:

    prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—
    2.
    Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:

    te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

    magnus homo et excelsus,

    id. Mur. 29:

    animus excelsus magnificusque,

    id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

    excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,

    id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:

    te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,

    Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:

    (orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,

    Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:

    quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,

    Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:

    excelsissimae victoriae,

    Vell. 2, 96 fin.:

    duces,

    id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.
    (α).
    , m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

    excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

    Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—
    (β).
    Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:

    in excelso aetatem agere,

    i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—
    2.
    Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.
    1.
    Lit.:

    si vitis scandit excelsius,

    Col. 4, 1, 5.—
    2.
    Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:

    ornat excelse,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:

    excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,

    Cic. Or. 34, 119:

    excelsissime floruit (Sparta),

    exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > excelsi

  • 33 excelsum

    ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].
    I.
    Act., to raise up, elevate; only:

    recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,

    Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—
    II.
    Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).
    A.
    Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),
    2.
    In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:

    ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

    ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:

    inter omnes,

    id. Or. 2, 6:

    super ceteros,

    Liv. 28, 43:

    ante ceteros,

    App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:

    qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

    quae una ceteris excellebat,

    id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:

    ceteris,

    Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:

    bonā famā,

    Lucr. 6, 13:

    ingenio scientiāque,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

    animi magnitudine,

    id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:

    actione,

    id. Brut. 59, 215:

    hoc genere virtutis,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    dignitate,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:

    altitudine,

    Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:

    candore,

    id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:

    in arte,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    in aliqua arte et facultate,

    id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

    in alia parte orationis,

    id. Brut. 59, 215:

    maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,

    id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:

    excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:

    vitiis,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

    cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,

    id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,
    1.
    excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.
    A.
    Lit., high, lofty (very rare;

    not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,

    Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,
    B.
    Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:

    deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,

    Cic. Div. 2, 63:

    Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,

    id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;

    for which also: in omni genere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:

    cujus excellens in re militari gloria,

    id. Rep. 2, 17:

    Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,

    id. Brut. 97, 333:

    natura excellens atque praestans,

    id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:

    scientia excellens atque singularis,

    id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:

    vir excellenti providentia,

    id. Rep. 2, 3;

    for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,

    id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):

    studium,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:

    pulchritudo muliebris formae,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:

    ova excellentiora,

    Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

    nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,

    Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:

    excellentissima virtus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

    cultus,

    Suet. Ner. 20:

    triumphus,

    id. Caes. 37:

    aurum,

    Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:

    excellentissime,

    Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—
    2.
    ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).
    A.
    Lit.:

    mons,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:

    locus,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 11:

    porticus,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

    basis (statuae),

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.

    signum,

    id. ib.:

    statura,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    aves (Ibes),

    Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

    altitudo vineae,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:

    in excelsiore loco,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

    cornu (bovis),

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:

    crura chamaeleonis,

    Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:

    mons,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.

    locus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:

    rupes,

    Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

    aegilops,

    id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—
    b.
    Subst.
    1.
    excelsum, i, n., a height:

    simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

    Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,

    Ov. H. 15, 165; so,

    ab excelso,

    id. F. 2, 369:

    prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—
    2.
    Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:

    te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

    magnus homo et excelsus,

    id. Mur. 29:

    animus excelsus magnificusque,

    id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

    excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,

    id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:

    te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,

    Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:

    (orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,

    Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:

    quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,

    Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:

    excelsissimae victoriae,

    Vell. 2, 96 fin.:

    duces,

    id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.
    (α).
    , m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

    excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

    Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—
    (β).
    Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:

    in excelso aetatem agere,

    i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—
    2.
    Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.
    1.
    Lit.:

    si vitis scandit excelsius,

    Col. 4, 1, 5.—
    2.
    Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:

    ornat excelse,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:

    excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,

    Cic. Or. 34, 119:

    excelsissime floruit (Sparta),

    exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > excelsum

  • 34 Excelsus

    ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].
    I.
    Act., to raise up, elevate; only:

    recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,

    Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—
    II.
    Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).
    A.
    Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),
    2.
    In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:

    ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

    ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:

    inter omnes,

    id. Or. 2, 6:

    super ceteros,

    Liv. 28, 43:

    ante ceteros,

    App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:

    qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

    quae una ceteris excellebat,

    id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:

    ceteris,

    Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:

    bonā famā,

    Lucr. 6, 13:

    ingenio scientiāque,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

    animi magnitudine,

    id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:

    actione,

    id. Brut. 59, 215:

    hoc genere virtutis,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    dignitate,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:

    altitudine,

    Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:

    candore,

    id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:

    in arte,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    in aliqua arte et facultate,

    id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

    in alia parte orationis,

    id. Brut. 59, 215:

    maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,

    id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:

    excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:

    vitiis,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

    cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,

    id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,
    1.
    excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.
    A.
    Lit., high, lofty (very rare;

    not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,

    Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,
    B.
    Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:

    deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,

    Cic. Div. 2, 63:

    Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,

    id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;

    for which also: in omni genere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:

    cujus excellens in re militari gloria,

    id. Rep. 2, 17:

    Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,

    id. Brut. 97, 333:

    natura excellens atque praestans,

    id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:

    scientia excellens atque singularis,

    id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:

    vir excellenti providentia,

    id. Rep. 2, 3;

    for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,

    id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):

    studium,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:

    pulchritudo muliebris formae,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:

    ova excellentiora,

    Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

    nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,

    Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:

    excellentissima virtus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

    cultus,

    Suet. Ner. 20:

    triumphus,

    id. Caes. 37:

    aurum,

    Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:

    excellentissime,

    Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—
    2.
    ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).
    A.
    Lit.:

    mons,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:

    locus,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 11:

    porticus,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

    basis (statuae),

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.

    signum,

    id. ib.:

    statura,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    aves (Ibes),

    Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

    altitudo vineae,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:

    in excelsiore loco,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

    cornu (bovis),

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:

    crura chamaeleonis,

    Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:

    mons,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.

    locus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:

    rupes,

    Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

    aegilops,

    id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—
    b.
    Subst.
    1.
    excelsum, i, n., a height:

    simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

    Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,

    Ov. H. 15, 165; so,

    ab excelso,

    id. F. 2, 369:

    prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—
    2.
    Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:

    te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

    magnus homo et excelsus,

    id. Mur. 29:

    animus excelsus magnificusque,

    id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

    excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,

    id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:

    te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,

    Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:

    (orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,

    Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:

    quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,

    Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:

    excelsissimae victoriae,

    Vell. 2, 96 fin.:

    duces,

    id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.
    (α).
    , m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

    excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

    Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—
    (β).
    Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:

    in excelso aetatem agere,

    i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—
    2.
    Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.
    1.
    Lit.:

    si vitis scandit excelsius,

    Col. 4, 1, 5.—
    2.
    Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:

    ornat excelse,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:

    excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,

    Cic. Or. 34, 119:

    excelsissime floruit (Sparta),

    exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Excelsus

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    2) Colloquial: nobleman
    3) American: overling
    4) Diplomatic term: high-ranker
    6) Jargon: bottom man, skin
    7) International transportation: Very Important Person

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  • 36 чиновник

    1. administrator
    2. bureaucracy
    3. public servant
    4. civil servant
    5. assessor
    6. functionary
    7. official; bureaucrat
    8. clerk
    9. officer
    Синонимический ряд:
    бюрократ (сущ.) буквоед; бумажная душа; бюрократ; канцелярская крыса; чернильная душа; чернильная крыса; чинодрал; чинуша

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  • 37 государственный чиновник

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  • 38 dalem

    residence of high official, palace or king
    * * *
    residence of high official, palace of king; title for person who possesses such a residence

    Indonesia-Inggris kamus > dalem

  • 39 arkon

    obs. (Arabic) high official, notable. arkoni davlat high state official, great functionary. arkoni harb supreme military commander

    Uzbek-English dictionary > arkon

  • 40 сановник

    dignitary, high official
    * * *
    * * *
    dignitary, high official
    * * *
    dignitary
    grandee

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