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1 haut
haut, e [ˈo, ˈot]━━━━━━━━━1. adjective5. adverb6. compounds━━━━━━━━━1. <a. high ; [herbe, arbre, édifice] tall• avoir une haute opinion de soi-même to have a high opinion of o.s.• être haut en couleur ( = rougeaud) to have a high colour ; ( = coloré, pittoresque) to be colourfulb. ( = ancien) le haut Moyen Âge the Early Middle Ages2. <a. ( = hauteur) le mur a 3 mètres de haut the wall is 3 metres high• combien fait-il de haut ? how high is it?b. ( = partie supérieure) top• « haut » "this way up"c. ( = vêtement) topd. (locutions)• être au plus haut (dans les sondages) [personne] to be riding high ; [cote, popularité] to be at its peak• voir les choses de haut ( = avec détachement) to take a detached view of things• prendre qch de haut ( = avec mépris) to react indignantly to sth• prendre qn de haut to look down on sb► de haut en bas, du haut en bas [couvrir, fouiller] from top to bottom ; [s'ouvrir] from the top downwards• du haut en bas de la hiérarchie at all levels of the hierarchy► du haut [tiroir, étagère, dents] top• des ordres qui viennent d'en haut orders from above► en haut ( = au sommet) at the top ; (dans un immeuble) upstairs• en haut de [+ immeuble, escalier, côte, écran] at the top of3. <4. <5. <a. ( = en hauteur) [monter, sauter, voler] high• haut les mains ! hands up!b. ( = fort) lire tout haut to read aloudc. ( = dans les aigus) monter haut to hit the top notese. ( = en arrière) voir plus haut see above6. <* * *
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haute ’o, ’ot adjectif1) [montagne, mur, talon] high; [arbre, monument] tall; [herbe] long, tallattention, la première marche est haute — be careful, the first step is steep
2) ( situé en altitude) high3) ( dans une échelle de valeurs) [température, salaires, précision] high; [note, ton] high, high-pitched4) ( dans une hiérarchie) (before n) [personnage, poste] high-ranking; [clergé, magistrat] senior; [société] high; [responsabilités] big; [dirigeant, responsable] senior, high-rankinghaut Comité/Conseil — National Committee/Council
5) Géographie upper6) Histoire
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1) ( à un niveau élevé) [monter, voler] high2) ( dans le temps) far back3) ( dans un texte)4) ( fort) loudlyparler haut et clair — fig to speak unambiguously
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nom masculin1) ( partie élevée) top2) ( hauteur)faire 50 mètres de haut — to be 50 metres [BrE] high
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en haut locution ( à l'étage supérieur) upstairs; ( à un étage supérieur) on an upper floor; (de rideau, mur, page) at the top; (le ciel, le paradis) abovepasser par en haut — ( par la route) to take the top road
les voleurs sont entrés par en haut — ( par l'étage) the thieves got in upstairs
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hauts nom masculin pluriel Géographie heightsPhrasal Verbs:••voir les choses de haut — ( avec sérénité) to have a detached view of things
avoir or connaître des hauts et des bas — to have one's ups and downs
l'emporter or gagner or vaincre haut la main — to win hands down
prendre quelqu'un de haut — to look down one's nose at somebody; cri, pavé
* * *'o, 'ot haut, -e1. adj1) (situation) highplus haut (en altitude, sur un mur) — higher up, further up, (dans un texte) above
2) (dimensions) (immeuble) tall, (paroi) high3) (son, ton, voix) high, high-pitchedà haute voix — aloud, out loud
haut en couleur (chose) — colourful Grande-Bretagne colorful USA brightly coloured Grande-Bretagne brightly colored USA (personnage) colourful Grande-Bretagne colorful USA
2. adv1) [situé, placé] highen haut (dans une armoire, sur une pente) — at the top, (dans une maison) upstairs
La salle de bain est en haut. — The bathroom is upstairs.
Le nid est tout en haut de l'arbre. — The nest is right at the top of the tree.
tomber de haut — to fall from a height, figto come back to earth with a bump
dire qch tout haut — to say sth aloud, to say sth out loud
4)haut les mains! — hands up!, stick 'em up! *
3. nm1) (partie supérieure) topLe haut de l'immeuble a été endommagé. — The top of the building was damaged., The upper floors of the building were damaged.
2) (hauteur)de haut en bas (mouvement) — downwards, (en intégralité) from top to bottom
* * *A adj1 ⇒ Les mesures de longueur ( étendu verticalement) [montagne, mur, talon] high; [arbre, monument, bâtiment] tall; [herbe] long, tall; homme de haute taille tall man; un objet plus haut que large an object that is higher than it is wide; un bâtiment haut de 20 étages a building 20 storeys GB ou stories US high, a 20-storey GB ou 20-story US building; un mât haut de 10 mètres a mast ten metresGB high, a ten-metreGB mast; plus haut/moins haut que higher/lower than; l'immeuble dans lequel il habite est très haut he lives in a block of high-rise flats GB ou a high-rise apartment block US; attention, la première marche est haute be careful, the first step is steep;2 ( situé en altitude) high; une haute branche a high branch; la partie haute d'un bâtiment/mur/arbre the top part of a building/wall/tree; l'étagère la plus haute the top shelf; une robe à taille haute a high-waisted dress;3 ( dans une échelle de valeurs) [fréquence, pression, température, prix, capacité, précision] high; [note, ton] high, high-pitched; les hauts salaires/revenus high salaries/incomes; parler à haute voix to speak loudly; dire/lire qch à haute voix to say/read sth out loud; jouer une carte plus haute to play a higher card; être à haut risque to be very risky; être du plus haut ridicule to be highly ridiculous; au plus haut point immensely, intensely; aimer qch au plus haut point to like sth immensely; produit de haute qualité high-quality product; avoir une haute opinion de qn/soi-même to have a high opinion of sb/oneself; tenir qn en haute estime to hold sb in high esteem ou regard;4 ( dans une hiérarchie) (before n) [personnage, situation, poste] high-ranking; [clergé, magistrat] senior; [société, rang] high; [responsabilités] big; [dirigeant, responsable] senior, high-ranking; les plus hautes instances the highest authorities; bénéficier de hautes protections to have friends in high places; le haut Comité/Conseil pour the National Committee/Council for; haute surveillance close supervision;6 Hist dater de la plus haute antiquité to date from earliest antiquity; le haut Moyen Âge the early Middle Ages.B adv1 ( à un niveau élevé) [monter, s'élever, voler, sauter] high; voler très haut dans le ciel to fly high in the sky; un personnage haut placé a person in a high position; viser trop haut to aim too high; la lune est haut dans le ciel the moon is high up in the sky; haut perché sur perched high on; le plus haut the highest; sauter le plus haut to jump the highest; de haut from above;2 ( dans le temps) far back; aussi haut qu'on remonte dans l'antiquité however far back in history we go;3 ( dans un texte) plus haut above; comme indiqué plus haut as noted above; colle-le plus haut sur la page stick it higher up on the page; voir plus haut see above;4 ( fort) loudly; parler haut to talk loudly; parlez moins haut! keep your voice down!; parlez plus haut! speak up!; dire qch bien haut to say sth loud(ly); mettre la radio plus haut to turn the radio up; tout haut out loud; parler haut et clair fig to speak unambiguously; ne dire or n'avoir jamais un mot plus haut que l'autre never to raise one's voice.C nm1 ( partie élevée) top; le haut du mur the top of the wall; le haut du visage the top part of the face; le haut du corps the top half of the body; dans le haut (de) at the top (of); l'appartement/l'étagère du haut the top flat/shelf; les pièces du haut the upstairs rooms; sur le haut de la colline/côte at the top of the hill/slope; commencer par le haut to start at the top; prendre qch par le haut to get hold of the top of sth; du haut de from the top of; de or du haut en bas from top to bottom; parler du haut d'un balcon/d'une tribune to speak from a balcony/a platform; le haut de son maillot de bain the top of her swimsuit;2 ( hauteur) mesurer or faire 50 mètres de haut to be 50 metresGB high; une tour de 35 m de haut a 35 m tower; être à son plus haut to be at its highest level.D en haut loc ( à l'étage supérieur) upstairs; ( à un étage supérieur) on an upper floor; (de rideau, mur, page) at the top; (le ciel, le paradis) above; le bruit vient d'en haut the noise is coming from above; tout en haut right at the top; jusqu'en haut up to the top, right to the top; passer par en haut ( par la route) to take the top road; les voleurs sont entrés par en haut ( par l'étage) the thieves got in upstairs; ordre qui vient d'en haut order from the top; mettez la date en haut de la page à droite put the date in the top right-hand corner of the page.haut en couleur [personnage, tableau, texte] colourfulGB; haut fait heroic deed; haut fonctionnaire senior civil servant; haut lieu de centreGB of ou for; en haut lieu in high places; une décision prise en haut lieu a decision taken at a high level; haut plateau high plateau; haute définition TV high definition; télévision (à) haute définition high definition TV; écran à haute définition graphique Ordinat screen with high resolution graphics; haute école lit, Équit haute école, classical equitation; c'est un exercice de haute école fig it's a very advanced exercise; haute mer Naut open sea; Haute Cour (de Justice) High Court of Justice; hautes eaux high water (sg); hautes sphères high social circles; hautes terres Géog highlands; hautes voiles Naut upper sails; hauts fourneaux blast furnace.marcher la tête haute to walk with one's head held high; prendre or regarder or voir les choses de haut ( sans s'arrêter aux détails) to see things in broad terms; ( avec sérénité) to have a detached view of things; tomber de haut to be dumbfounded; regarder qn de haut en bas to look sb up and down; avoir or connaître des hauts et des bas to have one's ups and downs; haut les mains! hands up!; l'emporter or gagner or vaincre haut la main to win hands down; prendre qn/qch de haut to look down one's nose at sb/sth; ⇒ cri, pavé.les hautes colonnes du temple the lofty ou towering columns of the temple[qui a poussé] high2. [d'une certaine dimension]3. [situé en hauteur] high4. [extrême, intense] highc'est de la plus haute importance it's of the utmost ou greatest importancede haut niveau top-level, high-levella haute coiffure haute coiffure, designer hairdressingde hautes études commerciales/militaires advanced business/military studiesles hauts fonctionnaires top ou top-ranking civil servantsles hauts salaires the highest ou top salaries6. [dans une échelle de valeurs] hightenir quelqu'un/quelque chose en haute estime to hold somebody/something in high esteem9. HISTOIRE————————adverbe1. [dans l'espace] highlevez haut la jambe raise your leg (up) high ou high up2. [dans le temps] far (back)[dans un livre]3. [fort, avec puissance]parlez plus haut speak up, speak louderdites-le haut et clair ou bien haut tell (it to) everyone, say it out loud5. [dans une hiérarchie] highnous l'avons toujours placé très haut dans notre estime (figuré) we've always held him in high regard————————nom masculin1. [partie supérieure] top[sur une caisse, un emballage]‘haut’ ‘(this way ou side) up’2. [vêtement & gén] top[de robe] bodice3. [hauteur]a. [chuter] to fall headlongb. [être déçu] to come down (to earth) with a bumpc. [être surpris] to be flabbergasted————————hauts nom masculin pluriel1. [dans des noms de lieux] heights2. (locution)avoir ou connaître des hauts et des bas to have one's ups and downs————————haute nom fémininde haut locution adverbialeprendre ou regarder ou voir les choses de haut to look at things with an air of detachment2. [avec mépris]3. (locution)a. [être surpris] to be flabbergastedb. [être déçu] to come down (to earth) with a bumpde haut en bas locution adverbiale1. [sans mouvement] from top to bottom3. [avec mépris]regarder ou considérer quelqu'un de haut en bas to look somebody up and downd'en haut locution adverbiale1. [depuis la partie élevée] from abovedu haut locution adjectivalea. [de la partie haute du village] the people up the top end (of the village)b. [des étages supérieurs] the people upstairsdu haut de locution prépositionnelle1. [depuis la partie élevée de - échelle, colline] from the top of2. (figuré)en haut locution adverbiale1. [à l'étage supérieur] upstairs2. [dans la partie élevée] at the topnous sommes passés par en haut [par la route du haut] we came along the high road3. [en l'air] up in the skyen haut de locution prépositionnelle -
2 estrado
m.1 platform.subir al estrado to go up on to the platform; (orador) to enter the witness box (testigo) (British), to take the stand (United States)2 stage, platform for public speaking, podium, stand.3 bar.* * *1 stage, platform (tarima) dais1 DERECHO courtrooms* * *SM1) (=tarima) platform; (Mús) bandstand2) pl estrados (Jur) law courts* * *a) ( tarima) platform, daisb) estrados masculino plural (Der) law courts (pl)* * *= dais, podium.Ex. One eminent librarian remarked upon how odd it was that the unpopular reference desk at a university library was set upon a dais.Ex. Libraries need an extra room for meetings and discussions, preferably containing a podium for lectures and other local activities.* * *a) ( tarima) platform, daisb) estrados masculino plural (Der) law courts (pl)* * *= dais, podium.Ex: One eminent librarian remarked upon how odd it was that the unpopular reference desk at a university library was set upon a dais.
Ex: Libraries need an extra room for meetings and discussions, preferably containing a podium for lectures and other local activities.* * *1 (tarima) platform, daisel estrado donde se sitúan las autoridades the dais o platform where the dignitaries sitsubió al estrado a prestar declaración he took the stand to give evidence* * *
estrado sustantivo masculino ( tarima) platform, dais
estrado sustantivo masculino
1 (palestra) platform
subir al estrado, to go up onto the platform
2 Mús bandstand
3 Jur stand: el acusado subió al estrado, the accused took the stand
' estrado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tarima
English:
box
- dais
- stand
- platform
- podium
- rostrum
- witness
* * *estrado nm1. [tarima] [de orador, personalidades] platform, rostrum;[para testigos] witness Br box o US stand;subir al estrado [orador] to go up onto the platform;[testigo] Br to enter the witness box, US to take the stand* * *m platform* * *estrado nm1) : dais, platform, bench (of a judge)2) estrados nmpl: courts of law -
3 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:II. A.recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,
Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—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:1. A.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,Lit., high, lofty (very rare;B.not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,
Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:2.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.—ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).A.Lit.:b.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.—Subst.1.excelsum, i, n., a height:2. B.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.—Trop.1.In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:(α).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., m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:(β).excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,
Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:2.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.—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.:2.si vitis scandit excelsius,
Col. 4, 1, 5.—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. -
4 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:II. A.recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,
Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—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:1. A.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,Lit., high, lofty (very rare;B.not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,
Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:2.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.—ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).A.Lit.:b.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.—Subst.1.excelsum, i, n., a height:2. B.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.—Trop.1.In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:(α).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., m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:(β).excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,
Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:2.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.—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.:2.si vitis scandit excelsius,
Col. 4, 1, 5.—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. -
5 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:II. A.recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,
Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—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:1. A.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,Lit., high, lofty (very rare;B.not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,
Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:2.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.—ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).A.Lit.:b.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.—Subst.1.excelsum, i, n., a height:2. B.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.—Trop.1.In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:(α).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., m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:(β).excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,
Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:2.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.—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.:2.si vitis scandit excelsius,
Col. 4, 1, 5.—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. -
6 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:II. A.recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,
Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—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:1. A.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,Lit., high, lofty (very rare;B.not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,
Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:2.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.—ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).A.Lit.:b.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.—Subst.1.excelsum, i, n., a height:2. B.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.—Trop.1.In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:(α).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., m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:(β).excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,
Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:2.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.—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.:2.si vitis scandit excelsius,
Col. 4, 1, 5.—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. -
7 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:II. A.recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,
Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—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:1. A.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,Lit., high, lofty (very rare;B.not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,
Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:2.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.—ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).A.Lit.:b.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.—Subst.1.excelsum, i, n., a height:2. B.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.—Trop.1.In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:(α).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., m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:(β).excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,
Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:2.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.—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.:2.si vitis scandit excelsius,
Col. 4, 1, 5.—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.
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