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  • 1 altē

        altē adv. with comp.    [altus], high, on high, from above, loftily: cruentum alte tollens pugionem: dextram alte extulit, V.: puer alte cinctus, H.: se tollere altius: altius praecincti, H. — Meton., deep, deeply, far: ferrum haud alte in corpus descendisse, L.: alte volnus adactum, V.: frigidus imber Altius ad vivum persedit, V.: sulcus altius impressus. — Fig., highly, loftily: alte spectare: altius se efferre.—Deeply, profoundly: altius aspicere: aliquid repetendum altius.—From afar, remotely: alte petitum prooemium, far-fetched: oratio tam alte repetita: altius expedire, from the beginning, Ta.
    * * *
    altius, altissime ADV
    high, on high, from above, loftily; deep, deeply; far, remotely; profoundly

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  • 2 sublimis

    sublīmis, e (collat. form sublīmus, a, um: ex sublimo vertice, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 7, 19; Enn. ap. Non. 169; Att. and Sall. ib. 489, 8 sq.; Lucr. 1, 340), adj. [etym. dub.; perh. sub-limen, up to the lintel; cf. sublimen] (sublimem est in altitudinem elatum, Fest. p. 306 Müll.), uplifted, high, lofty, exalted, elevated (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: editus, arduus, celsus, altus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., high, lofty:

    hic vertex nobis semper sublimis,

    Verg. G. 1, 242; cf. Hor. C. 1, 1, 36:

    montis cacumen,

    Ov. M. 1, 666:

    tectum,

    id. ib. 14, 752:

    columna,

    id. ib. 2, 1:

    atrium,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 46:

    arcus (Iridis),

    Plin. 2, 59, 60, § 151:

    portae,

    Verg. A. 12, 133:

    nemus,

    Luc. 3, 86 et saep.: os, directed upwards (opp. to pronus), Ov. M. 1, 85; cf. id. ib. 15, 673; Hor. A. P. 457:

    flagellum,

    uplifted, id. C. 3, 26, 11:

    armenta,

    Col. 3, 8:

    currus,

    Liv. 28, 9.— Comp.:

    quanto sublimior Atlas Omnibus in Libyā sit montibus,

    Juv. 11, 24.— Sup.:

    triumphans in illo sublimissimo curru,

    Tert. Apol. 33.—
    B.
    Esp., borne aloft, uplifted, elevated, raised:

    rapite sublimem foras,

    Plaut. Mil. 5, 1:

    sublimem aliquem rapere (arripere, auferre, ferre),

    id. As. 5, 2, 18; id. Men. 5, 7, 3; 5, 7, 6; 5, 7, 13; 5, 8, 3; Ter. And. 5, 2, 20; id. Ad. 3, 2, 18; Verg. A. 5, 255; 11, 722 (in all these passages others read sublimen, q. v.); Ov. M 4, 363 al.:

    campi armis sublimibus ardent,

    borne aloft, lofty, Verg. A. 11, 602: sublimes in [p. 1779] equis redeunt, id. ib. 7, 285:

    apparet liquido sublimis in aëre Nisus,

    id. G. 1, 404; cf.:

    ipsa (Venus) Paphum sublimis abit,

    on high through the air, id. A. 1, 415:

    sublimis abit,

    Liv. 1, 16; 1, 34:

    vehitur,

    Ov. M. 5, 648 al. —
    C.
    On high, lofty, in a high position:

    tenuem texens sublimis aranea telum,

    Cat. 68, 49:

    juvenem sublimem stramine ponunt,

    Verg. A. 11, 67:

    sedens solio sublimis avito,

    Ov. M. 6, 650:

    Tyrio jaceat sublimis in ostro,

    id. H. 12, 179.—
    D.
    Subst.: sublīme, is, n., height; sometimes to be rendered the air:

    piro per lusum in sublime jactato,

    Suet. Claud. 27; so, in sublime, Auct. B. Afr. 84, 1; Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 112; 31, 6, 31, § 57:

    per sublime volantes grues,

    id. 18, 35, 87, § 362:

    in sublimi posita facies Dianae,

    id. 36, 5, 4, § 13:

    ex sublimi devoluti,

    id. 27, 12, 105, § 129.— Plur.:

    antiquique memor metuit sublimia casus,

    Ov. M. 8, 259:

    per maria ac terras sublimaque caeli,

    Lucr. 1, 340.—
    II.
    Trop., lofty, exalted, eminent, distinguished.
    A.
    In gen.:

    antiqui reges ac sublimes viri,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 9; cf. Luc. 10, 378:

    mens,

    Ov. P. 3, 3, 103:

    pectora,

    id. F. 1, 301:

    nomen,

    id. Tr. 4, 10, 121:

    sublimis, cupidusque et amata relinquere pernix,

    aspiring, Hor. A. P. 165; cf.:

    nil parvum sapias et adhuc sublimia cures,

    id. Ep. 1, 12, 15.— Comp.:

    quā claritate nihil in rebus humanis sublimius duco,

    Plin. 22, 5, 5, § 10; Juv. 8, 232.— Sup.:

    sancimus supponi duos sublimissimos judices,

    Cod. Just. 7, 62, 39.—
    B.
    In partic., of language, lofty, elevated, sublime (freq. in Quint.):

    sublimia carmina,

    Juv. 7, 28:

    verbum,

    Quint. 8, 3, 18:

    clara et sublimia verba,

    id. ib.:

    oratio,

    id. 8, 3, 74:

    genus dicendi,

    id. 11, 1, 3:

    actio (opp. causae summissae),

    id. 11, 3, 153:

    si quis sublimia humilibus misceat,

    id. 8, 3, 60 et saep.— Transf., of orators, poets, etc.:

    natura sublimis et acer,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 165:

    sublimis et gravis et grandiloquus (Aeschylus),

    Quint. 10, 1, 66:

    Trachalus plerumque sublimis,

    id. 10, 1, 119.— Comp.:

    sublimior gravitas Sophoclis,

    Quint. 10, 1, 68:

    sublimius aliquid,

    id. 8, 3, 14:

    jam sublimius illud pro Archiā, Saxa atque solitudines voci respondent,

    id. 8, 3, 75.—Hence, advv.
    1.
    Lit., aloft, loftily, on high.
    (α).
    Form sub-līmĭter (rare):

    stare,

    upright, Cato, R. R. 70, 2; so id. ib. 71:

    volitare,

    Col. 8, 11, 1:

    munitur locus,

    id. 8, 15, 1.—
    (β).
    Form sub-līme (class.):

    Theodori nihil interest, humine an sublime putescat,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 102; cf.:

    scuta, quae fuerant sublime fixa, sunt humi inventa,

    id. Div. 2, 31, 67:

    volare,

    Lucr. 2, 206; 6, 97:

    ferri,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40; id. N. D. 2, 39, 101; 2, 56, 141 Orell. N. cr.:

    elati,

    Liv. 21, 30:

    expulsa,

    Verg. G. 1, 320 et saep.—
    b.
    Comp.:

    sublimius altum Attollit caput,

    Ov. Hal. 69.—
    2.
    Trop., of speech, in a lofty manner, loftily (very rare):

    alia sublimius, alia gravius esse dicenda,

    Quint. 9, 4, 130.

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  • 3 tollo

    tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 3, v. a. ( perf. tollit, Pers. 4, 2:

    tollisse,

    Dig. 46, 4, 13) [root Sanscr. tul-, tulajāmi, lift up, weigh; Gr. tal-, tel, in tlênai, talanton; cf.: tuli, tlātus (latus), tolerare], to lift or take up, to raise, always with the predom. idea of motion upwards or of removal from a former situation.
    I.
    To lift up, raise up, elevate, exalt, etc. (syn.: effero, elevo).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: unus erit quem tu tolles in caerula caeli templa, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.): pileum ad caelum tollit, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 220, 15:

    fulgor ibi ad caelum se tollit,

    Lucr. 2, 325;

    for which also: aliquem tollere in caelum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24:

    quem (Herculem) in caelum ista ipsa sustulit fortitudo,

    id. Tusc. 4, 22, 50; id. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

    tollam ego ted in collum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 42:

    Phaëthon optavit, ut in currum patris tolleretur: sublatus est,

    Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94; cf. id. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

    aliquem in equum,

    id. Deiot. 10, 28:

    quos in crucem sustulit,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7:

    aliquem in crucem,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 5, §

    13: aquila in sublime sustulit testudinem,

    Phaedr. 2, 6, 4:

    in arduos Tollor Sabinos,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 22 et saep.:

    ut me hic jacentem aliquis tollat,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 2; so,

    jacentes,

    id. Most. 1, 4, 17: mulum suum tollebat Fufius, lifted up, raised up, Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83:

    nequeo caput tollere,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 45:

    sustulimus manus et ego et Balbus,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 2:

    manus,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5:

    gradum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 6: scorpius caudā sublatā, Lucil. ap. Non. 385, 31:

    lubrica convolvit sublato pectore terga (coluber),

    Verg. A. 2, 474:

    terrā,

    Ov. M. 15, 192:

    de terrā,

    Cic. Caecin. 21, 60:

    se tollere a terrā,

    id. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

    ignis e speculā sublatus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 93.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Tollere liberos, to take up, i. e. to accept, acknowledge; and so, to raise up, bring up, educate as one's own (from the custom of laying new-born children on the ground at the father's feet; cf.

    suscipio): quod erit natum, tollito,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 3:

    puerum,

    id. Men. prol. 33; Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 67 Vahl.):

    natum filium,

    Quint. 4, 2, 42:

    nothum,

    id. 3, 6, 97:

    puellam,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 15; cf. id. And. 1, 3, 14.—Also of the mother:

    si quod peperissem, id educarem ac tollerem,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 45.—
    (β).
    Transf., in gen., to get, beget a child:

    qui ex Fadiā sustulerit liberos,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 10, 23:

    decessit morbo aquae intercutis, sublato filio Nerone ex Agrippinā,

    Suet. Ner. 5 fin. —
    b.
    Nautical t. t.: tollere ancoras, to lift the anchor, weigh anchor; esp. in part. pass.:

    sublatis ancoris,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 23; id. B. C. 1, 31; Liv. 22, 19, 6. —
    (β).
    Transf. out of the nautical sphere, to break up, proceed:

    si vultis ancoras tollere,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 1.—
    c.
    To build, raise, erect:

    tollam altius tectum,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 15, 33:

    si juxta habeas aedificia, eaque jure tuo altius tollas,

    Dig. 39, 2, 26.—
    d.
    To take on board, carry, of vessels or vehicles:

    navem, metretas quae trecentas tolleret, parasse,

    Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 75:

    naves, quae equites sustulerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 28:

    altera navis ducentos ex legione tironum sustulerat,

    id. B. C. 3, 28;

    Auct. B. Afr. 54: tollite me, Teucri,

    Verg. A. 3, 601:

    ut se sublatum in lembum ad Cotym deveheret,

    Liv. 45, 6, 2:

    Maecenas me tollere raedā vellet,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 42:

    Talem te Bacchus... sustulit in currus,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 157. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To raise, lift, lift up, elevate, set up, etc.: tollitur in caelum clamor exortus utrimque, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 422 Vahl.):

    clamorem in caelum,

    Verg. A. 11, 745:

    clamores ad sidera,

    id. ib. 2, 222; cf.:

    clamor magnus se tollit ad auras,

    rises, id. ib. 11, 455:

    clamor a vigilibus tollitur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

    clamorem,

    Flor. 3, 8, 6:

    cachinnum,

    Cic. Fat. 5, 10:

    risum,

    Hor. A. P. 381: litterulae meae tui desiderio oblanguerunt: hac tamen epistulā oculos paulum sustulerunt, have opened [p. 1877] their eyes again, have reanimated them, Cic. Fam. 16, 10, 2.—Esp. with animos: ne in secunda tollere animos et in mala demittere, to elevate, Lucil. ap. Non. 286, 6:

    animos,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 8, 10; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 57:

    animos alicui,

    to raise, excite, animate, Liv. 3, 67, 6:

    nec dubium est quin omnis Hispania sublatura animos fuerit,

    id. 35, 1, 3;

    opp. abicere animos,

    Sen. Ben. 3, 28, 7:

    aliquid dicendo augere et tollere altius (opp. extenuare et abicere),

    Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 104:

    ad caelum te tollimus verissimis ac justissimis laudibus,

    id. Fam. 15, 9, 1:

    monumentum illud, quod tu tollere laudibus solebas,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 8 (14):

    nostras laudes in astra,

    id. ib. 2, 25, 1:

    Daphnim tuum ad astra,

    Verg. E. 5, 51:

    tergeminis tollere honoribus,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 8:

    vos Tempe tollite laudibus,

    id. ib. 1, 21, 9 (cf. also Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1; v. infra, II. A. 2.):

    supra modum se tollens oratio,

    Quint. 4, 2, 61; cf.:

    se eadem geometria tollit ad rationem usque mundi,

    id. 1, 10, 46; 1, 2, 26:

    amicum Tollere (i. q. consolari),

    to cheer up, console, Hor. S. 2, 8, 61.—
    2.
    To take on one, assume, bear, endure:

    providere non solum quid oneris in praesentia tollant,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:

    at Apollodorus poenas sustulit,

    id. N. D. 3, 33, 82. —
    II.
    To take up a thing from its place, to take away, remove, to bear or carry away, make way with, take away with one (syn.: aufero, adimo).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    frumentum de areā,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 36:

    solem e mundo tollere videntur, qui amicitiam e vitā tollunt,

    id. Lael. 13, 47:

    ut aliquis nos deus ex hac hominum frequentiā tolleret,

    id. ib. 23, 87:

    simulacra ex delubris,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 3; so,

    pecunias e fano,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 105:

    sphaeram ex urbe (Syracusis),

    Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21:

    praedam,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 14:

    posita,

    id. ib. 6, 17:

    patinam,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 80; cf.:

    his sublatis,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 10:

    mensam tolli jubet,

    Cic. Pis. 27, 67:

    me per hostes Denso paventem sustulit aëre,

    Hor. C. 2, 7, 14:

    jubet sublata reponi Pocula,

    Verg. A. 8, 175:

    cuncta,

    id. ib. 8, 439:

    tecum me tolle per undas,

    id. ib. 6, 370:

    me quoque tolle simul,

    Ov. M. 11, 441:

    tollite me, Libyes, comitem poenaeque necisque,

    Sil. 6, 500.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Pregn., to take off, carry off, make away with, to kill, destroy, ruin, etc.:

    aliquem de medio,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

    aliquem e medio,

    Liv. 24, 6, 1:

    aliquem ferro, veneno,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 81:

    Titanas fulmine (Juppiter),

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 44: quem febris una potuit tollere, Lucil. ap. Non. 406, 25:

    me truncus illapsus cerebro Sustulerat, nisi, etc.,

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 28:

    tollet anum vitiato melle cicuta,

    id. S. 2, 1, 56:

    sorbitio tollit quem dira cicutae,

    Pers. 4, 2:

    majores nostri Carthaginem et Numantiam funditus sustulerunt,

    laid waste, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35:

    ademptus Hector Tradidit fessis leviora tolli Pergama Graiis,

    Hor. C. 2, 4, 11.—In a play with I. B. supra: te dixisse, laudandum adulescentem (Caesarem), ornandum, tollendum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1; cf.:

    se non esse commissurum, ut tolli posset,

    id. ib. 11, 20, 1.—
    b.
    Milit. t. t.: tollere signa, to break up for marching, to decamp, Caes. B. C. 2, 20; Auct. B. Alex. 57, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., to do away with, remove; to abolish, annul, abrogate, cancel (very freq., esp. in Cic.;

    syn.: oblittero, aboleo): rei memoriam tollere ac delere,

    Cic. Quint. 21, 70; cf.

    metum,

    id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

    sublatā benevolentiā amicitiae nomen tollitur,

    id. Lael. 5, 19; cf.:

    maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex eā tollit verecundiam,

    id. ib. 22, 82:

    dubitationem,

    id. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

    errorem,

    id. ib. 1, 24, 38:

    librariorum menda,

    id. Att. 13, 23, 2:

    ut id nomen ex omnibus libris tollatur,

    id. ib. 13, 44, 3:

    legem,

    id. Leg. 2, 12, 31:

    veteres leges novis legibus,

    id. de Or. 1, 58, 247:

    dictaturam funditus ex re publicā,

    id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:

    sublato Areopago,

    id. Rep. 1, 27, 43:

    deos,

    to deny the existence of, id. N. D. 1, 30, 85; id. Ac. 2, 11, 33:

    diem,

    to consume in speechmaking, id. Leg. 3, 18, 40; id. Dom. 17, 45:

    morbus facile tollitur,

    is removed, Cels. 2, 14; 4, 18; so,

    dolores et tumores,

    Plin. 26, 12, 75, § 122:

    foeditates cicatricum maculasque,

    id. 33, 6, 35, § 110:

    muliebrem luctum,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 39:

    querelas,

    id. Ep. 1, 12, 3.—Hence,

    sublātus

    , a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), elated, proud, haughty (rare):

    quo proelio sublati Helvetii,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 15:

    hac victoriā,

    id. ib. 5, 38: quibus omnibus rebus, id. B. C. 2, 37:

    rebus secundis,

    Verg. A. 10, 502:

    gloriā,

    Tac. A. 13, 11 et saep.:

    fidens magis et sublatior ardet,

    Ov. Hal. 54. — Adv.:

    sublātē

    , highly, loftily. *
    1.
    Lit.:

    Nilus diebus centum sublatius fluens, minuitur postea,

    higher, Amm. 22, 15, 12. —
    2.
    Trop.:

    sublate ampleque dicere (opp. attenuate presseque),

    loftily, with elevation, Cic. Brut. 55, 201:

    sublatius dicere,

    more proudly, id. Dom. 36, 95:

    sublatius insolescentes,

    Amm. 15, 12, 1.

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  • 4 ēlātē

        ēlātē adv. with comp.    [elatus], loftily, proudly: loqui: elatius se gerere, N.
    * * *
    elatius, elatissime ADV
    haughtily, proudly; insolently; in a grand/lofty style of speech/writing

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  • 5 (excelsē）

       (excelsē） adv.    [excelsus], in an elevated tone, loftily.—Only comp: excelsius dicere.

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  • 6 grandiloquus

        grandiloquus ī, m    [grandis+4 LAC-], speaking loftily, grandiloquent.—Plur. m. as subst: isti, boasters.
    * * *
    grandiloqua, grandiloquum ADJ
    speaking grandly; boastful

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  • 7 (granditer)

        (granditer) adv.    [grandis], loftily.—Only comp: grandius sonare, O. (dub.).

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  • 8 māximus

        māximus    [1 MAC-].—Of size, large, great, big, high, tall, long, broad, extensive, spacious: fons, S.: aedificium: urbs: solitudines, S.: simulacrum facere maius: oppidum non maximum maximis locis decoravit: aquae magnae fuerunt, inundations, L.: Maior (belua) dimidio, by half, H.: maior videri (Scylla), statelier, V.: Calceus pede maior, too large for, H.: onus parvo corpore maius, H.—Of number or quantity, great, large, abundant, considerable, much: numerus frumenti: copia pabuli, Cs.: maiorem pecuniam polliceri: tibi praeda cedat Maior an illi, i. e. the victor's spoils, H.: populus, V.: tribunorum pars maior, the majority, L.: turba clientium maior, more numerous, H.: maximum pondus auri: Si maiorem feci rem, increased my estate, H.—Of value, great, large, considerable: magni preti servi: ager preti maioris, T.: magna munera et maiora promissa, S.: cuius auctoritas magni habebatur, was highly esteemed, Cs.: qui auctoritatem magni putet, esteems highly: quem tu Non magni pendis, H.: multo maioris vēnire, dearer, Ph.: quorum longe maximi consilia fuerunt, most valuable: haec te semper fecit maxumi, prized most highly, T.: conduxit non magno domum, at no high price: magno illi ea cunctatio stetit, cost him dear, L.—Of force, strong, powerful, vehement, loud: manu magnā euntem Inpulit, V.: magnā voce confiteri: strenitus, H.—Of time, great, long, extended: annum, V.: annum, i. e. the Platonic cycle of the heavens.—Early, high, long past: iam magno natu, aged, N.: magno natu non sufficientibus viribus, through old age, L.: maximo natu filius, N.: maior patria, original, Cu.—Of persons, aged, old, advanced ; only in comp. and sup, elder, eldest: omnes maiores natu, elders, Cs.: maior natu quam Plautus: frater suus maior natu, elder, L.: maximus natu ex iis, the oldest, L.: ex duobus filiis maior, Cs.: Maior Neronum, the elder, H.: (homo) annos natus maior quadraginta, more than forty years old: annos natast sedecim, non maior, T.: non maior annis quinquaginta, L.— Plur m. as subst: maiores, the fathers, ancestors, ancients, men of old: maiores vestri: nostri: more maiorum.—Fig., great, noble, grand, mighty, important, weighty, momentous: rebus maximis gestis: missi magnis de rebus, important business, H.: in agro maiora opera: causa, weighty: omen, significant, V.: spectaculum, impressive, H.: aliquid invadere magnum, enterprise, V.: haud magna memoratu res est, L.—As subst n.: id magnum est, a great thing: magna di curant, parva neglegunt: maiora audere, V.: ad maiora properat oratio: magnum loqui, loftily, H.: Omnia magna loquens, of everything magnificent, H.—Of rank or station, great, high, eminent, powerful: potestas: dignitas: di, Enn. ap. C.: rex Olympi, V.: maximus Ilioneus, V.: maiorum ne quis amicus, one of your great friends, H.: Iuppiter optimus maximus: pontifex maximus, chief: maioribus uti, associate with superiors, H.—Of mind or character, great, elevated, noble, lofty: vir acris animi magnique: magno animo est: vir magnus: Cato magnus habetur, S.: magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, N.: invidiā maior, above, H.: maior reprensis, greater than those criticised, H.: nebulo, thorough-paced, T.: fur. —In force or degree, great, severe, strong, intense: morbi: dolor, Cs.: minae: amor, V.: gemitus luctusque: quid potuere maius? more heinous, H.: Mari virtutem in maius celebrare, magnify, S.: his in maius etiam acceptis, L.: incerta in maius vero ferri solent, be exaggerated, L.— Proud, boastful, lofty, assuming: nobis ut res dant sese, ita magni atque humiles sumus, T.: lingua, H.: verba, V.

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  • 9 sublātē

        sublātē adv. with comp.    [sublatus], highly, loftily: dicere, with elevation: de me dixi sublatius, more arrogantly.

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  • 10 sublīmē

        sublīmē adv. with comp.    [sublimis], aloft, loftily, on high: Theodori nihil interest, humine an sublime putescat: elati, L.: sublimius altum Attollat caput, O.
    * * *
    high into the air, on high, up aloft; in a lofty position

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  • 11 cothurnate

    cothurnatius, cothurnatissime ADV
    loftily, tragically

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  • 12 cothurnatus

    cŏthurnātus, a, um, adj. [cothurnus], of or pertaining to the cothurnus, lit. buskined; hence, elevated, lofty, tragic (opp. excalceatus, comic, Sen. Ep. 8, 8; 76, 31;

    not ante-Aug.): Maronis grande opus,

    Mart. 5, 5, 8:

    Lycophron, Ov. lb. 529: vates,

    id. Am. 2, 18, 18:

    deae,

    id. F. 5, 348:

    sermo,

    Macr. S. 7, 5 fin.:

    scelera,

    Lact. 6, 20.—
    * adv.
    : cŏ-thurnātē, loftily, tragically; only comp. (late Lat.):

    cothurnatius,

    Amm. 28, 1, 4.

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  • 13 effero

    1.
    ef-fĕro or ecfĕro (cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 766), extŭli, ēlatum, efferre or ecferre, v. a., to bring or carry out, to bring forth (very freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    ex navi,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 82; cf.

    tela, etc., ex aedibus Cethegi,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 3 fin.:

    argentum jubeo jam intus efferri foras,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 62; cf. id. ib. 4, 9, 127; id. Most. 2, 1, 58; id. Mil. 4, 8, 4:

    argentum ad aliquem,

    id. Epid. 5, 1, 27; id. Truc. 3, 1, 16:

    machaeram huc,

    id. Mil. 2, 5, 53; cf. id. Stich. 2, 2, 28:

    puerum extra aedes usquam,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 48:

    cistellam domo,

    id. Eun. 4, 6, 15; cf.:

    cibaria sibi quemque domo,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 5, 3:

    frumentum ab Ilerda,

    id. B. C. 1, 78, 1:

    piscem de custodia,

    Col. 8, 17 fin.:

    litteras,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 4:

    mucronem,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

    vexilla, signa, arma (e castris, extra fines, etc.),

    Liv. 10, 19; 27, 2; 29, 21; Tac. H. 3, 31 al.:

    ferrum a latere deripuit, elatumque deferebat in pectus,

    id. A. 1, 35 fin.: Colchis pedem, Enn. ap. Non. 297, 20; so,

    pedem,

    Verg. A. 2, 657; cf.

    pedem aedibus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 19:

    pedem portā,

    Cic. Att. 6, 8, 5; 7, 2, 6; Suet. Tib. 38:

    pedem quoquam,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 97:

    se hinc (ignis),

    Lucr. 6, 89 and 385:

    se vallo (equus),

    Tac. A. 15, 7:

    Furium longius extulit cursus,

    Liv. 3, 5; cf.:

    Messium impetus per hostes extulit,

    id. 4, 29.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Like the Gr. ekpherô, to carry out (of the house) for burial, to bear to the grave, to bury (cf.: cremo, humo, sepelio, prosequor): optumum'st Loces illum efferendum;

    nam jam credo mortuus est,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 32; id. Most. 4, 3, 8 sqq.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 90 Don. and Ruhnk.; 1, 1, 101; Cic. N. D. 3, 32, 80; Nep. Att. 17; Liv. 2, 33; 3, 18 fin.; Quint. 8, 5, 21; Suet. Aug. 99; Hor. S. 2, 5, 85; Vulg. Luc. 7, 12.—
    b.
    Transf.: meo unius funere elata populi Romani esset res publica, carried to burial, i. e. overthrown, destroyed, Liv. 28, 28; 24, 22; 31, 29.—
    2.
    Of a fruit-bearing soil, to bring forth, bear, produce:

    id, quod agri efferant,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4 fin.; id. Brut. 4, 16; cf. also id. Verr. 2, 3, 47 fin.; 86 al.—
    b.
    Transf.:

    ea, quae efferant aliquid ex sese, perfectiores habere naturas quam, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 33 fin.; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 109; poet.:

    (Italia) genus acre virum,

    Verg. G. 2, 169.—
    3.
    Of motion in an upward direction (cf.: erigo and educo, II. B. 1.), to lift up, elevate, raise, exalt, Lucil. ap. Non. 297, 25:

    aliquem in murum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 47 fin.:

    pars operis in altitudinem turris elata,

    id. B. C. 2, 8 fin.; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 103; and Suet. Calig. 32:

    corvus e conspectu elatus,

    Liv. 7, 26:

    pulvis elatus,

    id. 4, 33:

    elata super capita scuta,

    Tac. H. 3, 27: jubar (luna), Petron. Poët. 89, 2, 54; poet.:

    caput Auctumnus agris extulit,

    Hor. Epod. 2, 18.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To set forth, spread abroad, utter, publish, proclaim:

    clamorem,

    to raise, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73:

    quod neque in vulgum disciplinam efferri velint, neque, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 14, 4; cf. Plin. 2, 12, 9:

    vocem ejus in vulgus,

    Tac. A. 12, 21:

    tuum peccatum foras,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 65 Ruhnk.:

    hoc foras,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 3; so,

    clandestina consilia,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 1, 6:

    rem,

    id. ib. 7, 2, 2:

    has meas ineptias,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 111:

    divinitus dicta,

    id. ib. 3, 1 fin. et saep.—With a rel. clause:

    posteaquam in volgus militum elatum est, qua arrogantia in colloquio Ariovistus usus, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 4.—
    2.
    In partic., of speech, to utter, pronounce, express, declare:

    verbum de verbo expressum extulit,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 11:

    ut verba inter se ra tione conjuncta sententiam efferant,

    Varr. L. L. 8, § 1 Müll.:

    si graves sententiae inconditis verbis efferuntur,

    Cic. Or. 44, 150; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 13:

    quae incisim aut membratim efferuntur, ea, etc.,

    Cic. Or. 67; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 33; 8, 3, 40; 10, 2, 17: pleraque utroque modo efferuntur, luxuriatur, luxuriat, etc., id. 9, 3, 7; cf. id. 1, 5, 16; 64; 2, 14, 2.—
    B.
    In the pass., qs. to be carried out of one's self by passions, feelings, etc.; to be carried away, transported, hurried away: usque adeo studio atque odio illius efferor ira, Lucil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 21 fin.; so,

    studio,

    Cic. de Sen. 23, 83; id. Att. 1, 8, 2; id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 2; cf.

    cupiditate,

    Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49:

    vi naturae atque ingenii,

    id. Mur. 31, 65:

    laetitia,

    id. Deiot. 9, 26 (cf. act.:

    comitia ista praeclara, quae me laetitia extulerunt,

    id. Fam. 2, 10):

    incredibili gaudio,

    id. Fam. 10, 12, 2; cf. id. Rep. 3, 30; Suet. Caes. 22:

    voluptate canendi ac saltandi,

    id. Calig. 54:

    popularitate,

    id. Ner. 53.—
    C.
    (Acc. to I. B. 3.) To raise, elevate, exalt:

    pretia alicujus rei,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 6 fin.:

    quorum animi altius se extulerunt,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 3:

    aliquem ad summum imperium per omnes honorum gradus,

    id. Cat. 1, 11, 28; cf.:

    aliquem supra leges,

    Tac. A. 2, 34; and:

    aliquem geminatis consulatibus,

    id. ib. 1, 3; cf. also id. ib. 4, 40:

    aliquem pecunia aut honore,

    Sall. J. 49, 4:

    patriam demersam extuli,

    Cic. Sull. 31, 87; cf. Nep. Dion. 6; Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34:

    aliquem maximis laudibus,

    id. Off. 2, 10, 36; cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 87:

    aliquem summis laudibus ad caelum,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 14; cf. Nep. Dion. 7 fin.:

    aliquid maximis laudibus,

    Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

    aliquem laudibus,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    aliquem verbis,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52:

    aliquid versibus,

    id. Rep. 1, 14;

    and simply aliquid,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 56; Tac. A. 2, 63:

    aliquem in summum odium,

    id. H. 4, 42; cf.:

    rem in summam invidiam,

    Quint. 8, 4, 19.—
    2.
    In partic., with se, to raise, elevate one's self; to rise, advance (cf.:

    appareo, eluceo, exsisto): cum (virtus) se extulit et ostendit suum lumen,

    Cic. Lael. 27; cf.

    so with a figure borrowed from the heavenly bodies: qua in urbe (Athenis) primum se orator extulit,

    id. Brut. 7, 26:

    volo se efferat in adolescente fecunditas,

    id. de Or. 2, 21.—
    b.
    In a bad sense, with se, or in the [p. 629] pass., to lift up one's self, to carry one's self high; to be puffed up, haughty, proud on account of any thing (the figure being borrowed from a prancing horse; cf. Liv. 30, 20; and Quint. 10, 3, 10):

    nec cohibendo efferentem se fortunam, quanto altius elatus erat, eo foedius corruit (Atilius),

    Liv. 30, 30:

    quod aut cupias ardenter aut adeptus ecferas te insolenter,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39:

    qui enim victoria se ecferunt, quasi victos nos intuentur,

    id. Fam. 9, 2, 2; cf.:

    se altius et incivilius,

    Flor. 1, 26, 8:

    sese audacia, scelere atque superbia,

    Sall. J. 14, 11:

    hic me magnifice effero,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 31:

    (fortunati) efferuntur fere fastidio et contumacia,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54:

    se efferre in potestate,

    to be insolent in office, id. de Or. 2, 84, 342.—Esp. freq. in the part. perf.:

    stulta ac barbara arrogantia elati,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 59, 3:

    recenti victoria,

    id. B. G. 5, 47, 4:

    spe celeris victoriae,

    id. ib. 7, 47, 3:

    gloria,

    id. B. C. 3, 79, 6:

    elatus et inflatus his rebus,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:

    secunda fortuna magnisque opibus,

    Nep. Alcib. 7, 3; id. Milt. 7, 2:

    elatus ad vanam fiduciam,

    Curt. 3, 19, 10;

    but also: ad justam fiduciam,

    Liv. 27, 8, 7 et saep.—In the act. (rare, and with a fig. perh. borrowed from the wind): is demum vir erit, cujus animum nec prospera (fortuna) flatu suo efferet ( elates, inflates), nec adversa infringet, Liv. 45, 8 fin. —
    D.
    Ante-class. and very rare, to carry out to the end, to support, endure: laborem, Att. ap. Cic. Sest. 48; cf.: malum patiendo, to get rid of, do away with, Cic. Poët. Tusc. 4, 29, 63 (but not in Lucr. 1, 141, where the better reading is sufferre).—Hence, ēlā-tus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 3. and II. C. 2.), exalted, lofty, high (rare; cf.: superbus, insolens, arrogans, etc.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    modo in elatiora modo in depressiora clivi,

    Col. 2, 4, 10:

    elatissimae lucernae,

    Tert. Apol. 53.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    animus magnus elatusque,

    Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

    verba,

    high-sounding, id. Or. 36, 124;

    hoc casu elatior Julianus,

    Amm. 21, 4, 7; Vulg. Rom. 1, 30:

    insula opibus,

    Nep. Milt. 7, 2. — Adv.: ēlāte, loftily, proudly:

    elate et ample loqui, opp. humiliter demisseque sentire,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 9:

    dicere (opp. summisse),

    id. Opt. Gen. 4, 10.— Comp.:

    se gerere,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 3:

    elatius et arrogantius praefatur,

    Gell. 9, 15, 4.
    2.
    ef-fĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ex-ferus], to make wild, savage, fierce (class.; most freq. since the Aug. per.).
    I.
    Physically:

    terram immanitate beluarum efferari,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99:

    speciem oris,

    Liv. 2, 23; cf.

    vultum,

    Suet. Calig. 50:

    efferantia sese ulcera,

    becoming aggravated, malignant, Plin. 26, 14, 87, § 146.— Poet.:

    Mars efferat aurum,

    i. e. works up into weapons, Stat. Achill. 1, 425; cf.:

    homo qui magnae artis subtilitate tantum efferavit argentum,

    i. e. wrought into the figures of beasts, App. M. 5, p. 159, 14.—
    II.
    Mentally:

    gentes sic immanitate efferatae,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 23; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32:

    militem dux ipse efferavit,

    Liv. 23, 5; cf. id. 2, 29:

    animos,

    id. 1, 19; 25, 26:

    ingenia,

    Curt. 8, 2; 9, 19:

    efferavit ea caedes Thebanos omnes ad exsecrabile odium Romanorum,

    exasperated, Liv. 33, 29; cf. Vulg. Dan. 8, 7.—Hence, effĕrātus, a, um, P. a., wild, savage, fierce:

    sunt enim multa ecferata et immania, quaedam autem humanitatis quoque habent primam speciem,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, 32:

    vultus,

    Petr. 82, 1:

    animi,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 11.— Comp.:

    mores ritusque,

    Liv. 34, 24.— Sup.:

    effectus,

    Sen. Ep. 121, 4:

    canes in homines,

    Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 3, 18.— Adv.: effĕrāte, fiercely:

    saevire,

    Lact. 5, 20, 10.

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  • 14 elate

    1.
    ēlāte, adv., loftily, proudly; v. 1. effero, P. a. fin.
    2.
    ĕlăte, ēs, f., = elatê, a sort of firtree, Lat. abies, Plin. 12, 28, 62, § 134; 23, 5, 53, § 99.—
    II.
    The envelope or leaf of the palm-bud, Vulg. Cant. 5, 11.

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  • 15 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

  • 16 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

  • 17 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

  • 18 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

  • 19 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

  • 20 grandiloquus

    grandĭlŏquus, i, m. [grandis-loquor], speaking grandly or loftily:

    et grandiloqui, ut ita dicam, fuerunt cum ampla et sententiarum gravitate et majestate verborum,

    Cic. Or. 5, 20; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 66: stilus, Serv. Verg. Vit.—In a bad sense, grandiloquent:

    isti grandiloqui (i. e. Stoici),

    boasters, Cic. Tusc. 5, 31, 89.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > grandiloquus

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