praefectus

* * *

prae-fectus ( praefactus), a, um, Part. [facio], done beforehand (postclass.), Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 174; id. Tard. 2, 14, 218; 5, 4, 71.

praefectus, a, um, Part., from praeficio.

praefectus, i, m., v. praeficio fin.

prae-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3, v. a. [facio], to set over any thing (as officer, superintendent, leader, etc.), to place in authority over, place at the head, appoint to the command of.

Lit. (freq. and class.; cf.:

praepono, praefero): te cum securi caudicali praeficio provinciae,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 25:

praefeci rure recte qui curet tamen,

id. Cas. 1, 1, 17:

aliquem pecori,

Cic. Planc. 25, 62:

certum magistratum alicui procurationi,

id. Leg. 2, 26, 66:

imperatorem bello,

id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49:

tantis rebus,

id. ib. 10, 27:

legatos legionibus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 24:

pontifices sacris,

Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26:

aliquem sacerdotio Neptuni,

Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27:

libertos rationibus, libellis et epistulis,

Tac. A. 6, 8:

aliquem provinciae,

id. ib. 13, 46;

2, 4: aliquem classi,

Nep. Milt. 4, 1; Liv. 35, 42 et saep.:

lucis Avernis,

Verg. A. 6, 118:

Juno sacris praefecta maritis,

Ov. H. 12, 87:

in eo exercitu inimici mei fratrem praefecerat,

had given him a command, Cic. Sest. 18, 41. —

Trop., to set over, etc. (rare): nec locus nec materia invenitur, cui divinationem praeficere possimus, Cic. Div. 2, 4, 12. —Hence, as subst.: praefectus, i, m., an overseer, director, president, chief, commander, prefect.

In gen.:

gumnasi praefecto poenas pendere,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 22:

villae,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17 fin.:

tu (censor) es praefectus moribus,

Cic. Clu. 46, 129; cf.:

praefectus morum,

Nep. Hamilc. 3, 2:

nec vero mulieribus praefectus praeponatur,

Cic. Rep. 4, 6, 16 (Non. 499, 13); cf. Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 30:

cum praefectus custodum quaesisset, etc.,

Nep. Eum. 11, 1:

his utitur quasi praefectis libidinum suarum,

Cic. Red. in Sen. 6, 15.—

In partic., as a title of particular civil or military officers, a president, superintendent, commander, governor, etc.:

praefectus aerarii or aerario,

a treasurer, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2; id. Pan. 92; Gell. 13, 24, 30; Capitol. Gord. 4: annonae, a superintendent of grain or of the markets, Tac. A. 11, 31; Inscr. Orell. 1084; 1186; 1091;

3169: castrorum or castris,

an officer who attended to the pitching of the camp and all matters connected therewith, a quartermaster, Vell. 2, 112, 6; 119, 4; 120, 4; Tac. A. 14, 37; 1, 20; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 10:

classis,

an admiral, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89; Liv. 26, 48; 36, 20; 42; Flor. 3, 7; afterwards also for a captain of a ship, Tac. H. 3, 12; Veg. Mil. 4, 32; Inscr. Orell. 3596;

who was formerly called praefectus navis: dextrum cornu praefectos navium ad terram explicare jubet,

Liv. 36, 44; Flor. 2, 5: fabrūm, in the army, a superintendent of the military engines, chief engineer, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, C, 2; id. B. C. 1, 24, 4; Nep. Att. 12, 4; Vell. 2, 76, 1; Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48; Inscr. Orell. 4906;

in the free towns and colonies,

a superintendent of public works, ib. 516: equitum, a commander of the cavalry, as we say, a colonel or general of cavalry, Hirt. B. G. 8, 12; Vell. 2, 24, 1;

called also simply praefectus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 3, 7; Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 7; cf.

cohortium,

Sall. J. 46, 7: legionis, in the time of the emperors, the same that was previously called legatus legionis, a commander of the legion, i. q. our colonel, Tac. H. 1, 82; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Galb. 11; 14; id. Calig. 56; id. Ner. 21; Inscr. Grut. 465, 2; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 9:

praefectus regis or regius,

a commander-in-chief, generalissimo, Liv. 36, 11; Sall. J. 46, 5; Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; id. Ages. 2, 3; cf. Flor. 3, 5; 11:

praefectus praetorio and praetorii, in the time of the emperors,

a commander of the imperial body - guard, pretorian prefect, Tac. A. 1, 24; id. H. 1, 13; 19; Dig. 1, 11 et saep.; in later times, a governor of a province of the Roman empire: praefectus urbi or urbis, governor of the city of Rome, in the times of the republic, appointed only to represent the consul during the latter's absence; under the emperors, a perpetual office with a particular jurisdiction, Varr. ap. Gell. 14, 7; Tac. A. 6, 10; 11; Plin. 11, 38, 90, § 223; Suet. Aug. 33; Inscr. Orell. 3153 sq.:

vigilum or vigilibus,

a captain of the watch, Dig. 1, 15, 3; 47, 2, 58; Inscr. Orell. 801; 1088; 1929:

Aegypti,

the governor of the province of Egypt, Suet. Aug. 18; 66; id. Vesp. 6; Dig. 1, 17; Inscr. Orell. 709; 3651; so,

Lydiae, Ioniae, totiusque Phrygiae,

Nep. Dat. 2, 5:

Alpium,

Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 134; Inscr. Grut. 287, 7.

* * *

praetōrĭum, ii, n. [praetor].

A general's tent, Liv. 10, 33:

dictatoris,

id. 7, 12:

imperatoris Aequorum,

id. 3, 25; Caes. B. C. 1, 76.—

Transf.

A council of war (because held in the general's tent):

praetorio dimisso,

Liv. 30, 5; 37, 5:

missum,

id. 21, 54, 3.—

The official residence of the governor in a province, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 65:

curritur ad praetorium,

id. ib. 2, 5, 35, § 92; Vulg. Matt. 27, 27.—

A palace (post-Aug.):

sedet ad praetoria regis,

Juv. 10, 161:

Herodis,

Vulg. Act. 23, 35; id. Phil. 1, 13.—

In gen., a magnificent building, a splendid country-seat (post-Aug.):

ampla et operosa praetoria,

Suet. Aug. 72:

in exstructionibus praetoriorum atque villarum,

id. Calig. 37; id. Tib. 39:

alternas servant praetoria ripas,

Stat. S. 1, 3, 25; Juv. 1, 75; Dig. 31, 1, 35; 50, 16, 198.—

Of other dwelling - places, the cell of the queen-bee:

et circa regem atque ipsa ad praetoria, densae Miscentur,

Verg. G. 4, 75. —Of Diogenes's tub:

utcumque sol se inclinaverat, Diogenis simul praetorium vertebatur,

Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, 14.—

The imperial body - guard, the guards, whose commander was called praefectus praetorio or praetorii:

in praetorium accepti,

Tac. H. 4, 26 fin.:

meruit in praetorio Augusti centurio,

Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 82:

militare in praetorio,

id. 25, 2, 6, § 17:

ascriptis veteranis e praetorio,

Suet. Ner. 9:

praetorii praefectus,

Tac. H. 1, 19.

* * *

* * *

* * *

āla, ae, f. [for axla, contr. from axilla, Cic. Or. 45, 153; cf. anchos = ômos (Hesych.) = shoulder = O. H. Germ. Ahsala; Germ. Achsel].

Lit., a wing, as of a bird: galli plausu premunt alas, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 26; Verg. A. 3, 226 al.: Me. Vox mihi ad aurīs advolavit. So. Ne ego homo infelix fui, qui non alas intervelli, that I did not pluck off its wings, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 170.— Poet., of the gods:

Mors atris circumvolat alis,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 58:

volucris Fati Tardavit alas,

id. C. 2, 17, 25:

bibulae Cupidinis alae,

Ov. A. A. 1, 233:

furvis circumdatus alis Somnus,

Tib. 2, 1, 89:

me jocundis Sopor impulit alis,

Prop. 1, 3, 45:

Madidis Notus evolat alis,

Ov. M. 1, 264.—Of sails:

velorum pandimus alas,

Verg. A. 3, 520.—Of oars:

classis centenis remiget alis,

Prop. 4, 6, 47:

remigium alarum,

Verg. A. 1, 301 (cf. Hom. Od. 11, 125);

so inversely remi is used of wings: super fluctus alarum insistere remis,

Ov. M. 5, 558 (cf. pterois eressei, Eur. Iphig. Taur. 289; Aeschyl. Agam. 52; and cf. Lucr. 6, 743). —Of wind and lightning:

Nisus Emicat et ventis et fulminis ocior alis,

Verg. A. 5, 319 al. —

Transf.

In man, the upper and under part of the arm, where it unites with the shoulder; the armpit, Liv. 9, 41; 30, 34:

aliquid sub alā portare,

Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 12:

hirquinae,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 51:

hirsutae,

Hor. Epod. 12, 5:

halitus oris et alarum vitia,

Plin. 21, 20, 83, § 142:

virus alarum et sudores,

id. 35, 15, 52, § 185:

sudor alarum,

Petr. 128 (many Romans were accustomed to pluck out the hair from the armpits, Sen. Ep. 114; Juv. 11, 157; v. alipilus).—

In animals, the hollow where the foreleg is joined to the shoulder; the shoulder - blade. —Of elephants, Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 324.—Of frogs, Plin. 9, 51, 74, § 159.—

In trees and plants, the hollow where the branch unites with the stem, Plin. 16, 7, 10, § 29; so id. 22, 18, 21, § 45; 25, 5, 18, § 38 al.—

In buildings, the wings, the side apartments on the right and left of the court, the side halls or porches, the colonnades; called also in Gr. ptera, Vitr. 6, 4, 137; 4, 7, 92.—

In milit. lang., the wing of an army (thus conceived of as a bird of prey), commonly composed of the Roman cavalry and the troops of the allies, esp. their horsemen; hence, alarii in contrast with legionarii, and separated from them in enumeration, also having a leader, called praefectus alae, Tac. H. 2, 59 al.; cf. Lips. de Milit. Rom. 1, 10 Manut.; Cic. Fam. 2, 17 fin.; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 1, 51; Smith, Dict. Antiq.; Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 4, 6; cf. Gell. 10, 9, 1:

Alae, equites: ob hoc alae dicti, quia pedites tegunt alarum vice,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 121: peditatu, equitibus atque alis cum hostium legionibus pugnavit, Cato ap. Gell. 15, 9, 5; Cic. Off. 2, 13, 45:

dextera ala (in alas divisum socialem exercitum habebat) in primā acie locata est,

Liv. 31, 21; Vell. 2, 117 al.—An ala, as a military division, usu. consisted of about 500 men, Liv. 10, 29.

—So, Ala Flaviana, Ala Nova, et saep. (cf. castrum, II. 1. fin.).

dĕcŭrĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [decuria], to divide into decuriae.

Prop.:

equites decuriati, centuriati pedites,

Liv. 22, 38, v. preced. art.—Esp. to divide the people into companies or clubs for purposes of bribery and corruption:

servorum delectus habebatur... cum vicatim homines conscriberentur, decuriarentur,

Cic. Sest. 15:

decuriasse Plancium, conscripsisse, etc.,

id. Planc. 18, 45; cf. ib. 19, 47; id. Phil. 7, 6, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5, and v. decuriatio.—

Trop.:

vertex incrementis lustralibus decuriatus,

i. e. of a man ten lustres old, Mart. Cap. 1, p. 1.

dĕcŭrĭo, ōnis (also DECURES decuriones, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 22, and 75, 9 Müll.;

and DECVRIONVS, the same,

ib. 49, 16), m. [id.], the head or chief of a decuria, a decurion. The name was first given by Romulus to the head of the tenth part of a curia (cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, p. 354). In the army, the commander of a decuria of cavalry, Varr. L. L. 5, § 91 Müll.; Veget. Mil. 2, 14; Caes. B. C. 1, 23; 1, 13; Tac. A. 13, 40; id. H. 2, 29. After the extension of the Roman dominion, the members of the senate of the municipia and the colonies were called decuriones, Dig. 50, 16, 239; 50, 2; Cod. Just. 10, 31; Cic. Sest. 4, 10; id. Rosc. Am. 9, 25; id. Clu. 14, 41; Vulg. Marc. 15, 43.—Sometimes i. q. praefectus, applied to the overseer of the persons employed in any duty about the court, e. g. a head-chamberlain:

cubiculariorum,

Suet. Dom. 17, PROCVLVS DECVRIO GERMANORVM (i. e. custodum corporis) TI. GERMANICI, Inscr. Orell. 2923.

ductor, ōris, m. [id.], a leader, commander, chief, general (class.; a favorite word of Vergil, used by him more than 20 times; cf.: dux, imperator, princeps, praetor, praefectus, etc.): exercitus, * Cic. Tusc. 1, 37; Liv. 1, 28:

itineris,

a guide, id. 7, 41; 10, 21 fin.; Verg. A. 2, 14; 8, 6; 129 et saep.; cf. apum (in their battles), id. G. 4, 88;

of the leaders in warlike games,

id. A. 5, 133; 249; Suet. Tib. 6:

classis,

a pilot, Verg. A. 6, 334; Ov. M. 12, 574:

aquarum Tibris,

the king of rivers, Stat. S. 3, 5, 112. —

One who extends, draws out: ferreus, poet. for iron - worker, Auct. Priap. 32, 13; cf. Vulg. Num. 10, 31.

ē-mĭnĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n., to stand out, project (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen. (syn.:

exstare, excedere): cum ex terra nihil emineret, quod contemplationi caeli officere posset,

Cic. Div. 1, 42:

globus terrae e mari,

id. Tusc. 1, 28:

stipites ex terra,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; cf.:

stipites ab ramis,

id. ib. §

3: belua ponto,

Ov. M. 4, 690:

rupes aequore,

Luc. 2, 667:

moles aquā,

Curt. 4, 2, 21:

oculi extra terram,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 154:

balaena dorso multum super aquas,

id. 9, 6, 5, § 14:

super corpus quasi verrucula,

Cels. 5, 28, 14:

ferrum per costas,

Liv. 8, 7 et saep.— Absol., Caes. B. C. 1, 41, 4; 2, 9, 1; Sall. J. 94, 2; Lucr. 1, 780 et saep.; cf.

alte,

Ov. M. 15, 697:

hasta in partes ambas,

id. ib. 5, 139:

jugum in mare,

Caes. B. C. 2, 24, 3; cf.:

lingua in altum (i. e. mare),

Liv. 44, 11.—

In partic., in painting, to stand out in relief, be prominent, as the lights in a picture, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101; Quint. 2, 17, 21; 8, 5, 26; Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 131 al.; cf. eminentia, I.—

Trop., to be prominent, stand out, become conspicuous (syn.: eluceo, praecello, excello, appareo, praesto, antecedo).

In gen.:

animus, cum erit inclusus in corpore, eminebit foras,

will extend beyond, Cic. Rep. 6, 26 Mos.:

ii quorum eminet audacia atque projecta est,

id. Clu. 65, 183:

quod quo studiosius ab ipsis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

comes out, becomes visible, id. Rosc. Am. 41 fin.; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 62 Zumpt N. cr.; id. Tusc. 2, 26 fin.; Quint. 2, 12, 7; 11, 1, 56; 11, 3, 73 Spald.; Liv. 2, 5 fin.; 2, 10 al.; Curt. 4, 1, 24; 8, 1, 50; Ov. F. 3, 250:

vix ex gratulando miser jam eminebam,

was but now emerging from the flood of congratulations, Plaut. Capt. 3, 2, 5:

vox eminet una,

makes itself distinctly audible, Ov. M. 15, 607.—

In partic., to be prominent, conspicuous through one's (good) qualities, to distinguish one's self, be eminent:

Demosthenes unus eminet inter omnes in omni genere dicendi,

Cic. Or. 29 fin.; so with inter, Quint. 8, 5, 9; 12, 5, 5; cf. with super, Flor. 4, 2, 10:

in aliqua re,

Quint. 1, 12, 15; 2, 3, 6; 8, 3, 64 al.:

aliqua re,

Vell. 2, 127, 2; 2, 130, 1; Quint. 2, 8, 4; 3, 8, 65.— Absol.:

excellit atque eminet vis, potestas, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28;

so with excellit,

Tac. Or. 32:

quae (sententiarum ornamenta) emineant pauciora,

Cic. Or. 24, 81; so Liv. 5, 36; Vell. 2, 49 al.:

altius,

Nep. Chabr. 3, 3.—Hence, ēmĭnens, entis, P. a., standing out, projecting, prominent, high, lofty.

Lit. (syn. editus):

promontoria,

Caes. B. C. 2, 23, 2:

trabes,

id. ib. 2, 9, 5:

saxa,

Sall. J. 93, 4:

oculi,

Cic. Vatin. 2:

genae leviter,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

statura,

Suet. Calig. 50:

capita papaverum,

Front. Strat. 1, 1, 4; Flor. 1, 7, 7: aedes, standing on high ground (opp. plana), id. 1, 9, 4:

nihil (in globo),

Cic. N. D. 2, 18; cf. ib. 1, 27; cf. also the art. eminentia: patibulo eminens affigebatur, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 366, 14 (4, 40 Dietsch).— Comp.:

trabes,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 3:

nasus a summo,

Suet. Aug. 79;

of perspective in painting: alia eminentiora, alia reductiora fecerunt,

Quint. 11, 3, 46.— Sup.:

aliquod in montibus (i. e. vertex),

Quint. 8, 2, 7; cf.

mons,

Flor. 4, 12, 49.—

Trop., lofty, distinguished, eminent (esp. freq. in the postAug. per., and mostly in the sup.; syn.:

praeclarus, praestans, excellens, etc.): species deorum quae nihil solidi habeat, nihil eminentis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75:

ingenium,

Quint. 6 prooem. §

1: res dictu,

Vell. 2, 114, 1.—Prov.:

eminentis fortunae comes invidia,

Vell. Pat. 1, 9, 6.— Plur. as subst.: ēmĭnentes, ĭum, m., distinguished men, Tac. Agr. 5.— ēmĭnentĭa, ĭum, n.

Admirable passages in an oration, Quint. 10, 1, 86.—

Greatness, distinction:

nun. quam eminentia invidia carent,

Vell. 2, 40, 6.— Comp.:

eloquentia,

Tac. Or. 25.— Sup.:

auctores,

Quint. 1, 2, 2; 1, 10, 10; 2, 3, 1; 9, 4, 79 et saep.; cf. Ruhnk. Vell. 2, 83 fin. — In the later empire, Eminentissimus was a title of the Praefectus praetorio, and of the Magister militum, Cod. Just. 12, 47, 1; 9, 41, 11 et saep.— Adv.: ēmĭnenter, highly, eminently, August. in Psa. 95, 1.— Comp.:

projectae cautes eminentius,

Amm. 24, 2, 12:

non eminentius quam municipaliter natus,

i. e. of higher, nobler birth, Sid. Ep. 1, 11.

ē-mĭnĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n., to stand out, project (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen. (syn.:

exstare, excedere): cum ex terra nihil emineret, quod contemplationi caeli officere posset,

Cic. Div. 1, 42:

globus terrae e mari,

id. Tusc. 1, 28:

stipites ex terra,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; cf.:

stipites ab ramis,

id. ib. §

3: belua ponto,

Ov. M. 4, 690:

rupes aequore,

Luc. 2, 667:

moles aquā,

Curt. 4, 2, 21:

oculi extra terram,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 154:

balaena dorso multum super aquas,

id. 9, 6, 5, § 14:

super corpus quasi verrucula,

Cels. 5, 28, 14:

ferrum per costas,

Liv. 8, 7 et saep.— Absol., Caes. B. C. 1, 41, 4; 2, 9, 1; Sall. J. 94, 2; Lucr. 1, 780 et saep.; cf.

alte,

Ov. M. 15, 697:

hasta in partes ambas,

id. ib. 5, 139:

jugum in mare,

Caes. B. C. 2, 24, 3; cf.:

lingua in altum (i. e. mare),

Liv. 44, 11.—

In partic., in painting, to stand out in relief, be prominent, as the lights in a picture, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101; Quint. 2, 17, 21; 8, 5, 26; Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 131 al.; cf. eminentia, I.—

Trop., to be prominent, stand out, become conspicuous (syn.: eluceo, praecello, excello, appareo, praesto, antecedo).

In gen.:

animus, cum erit inclusus in corpore, eminebit foras,

will extend beyond, Cic. Rep. 6, 26 Mos.:

ii quorum eminet audacia atque projecta est,

id. Clu. 65, 183:

quod quo studiosius ab ipsis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

comes out, becomes visible, id. Rosc. Am. 41 fin.; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 62 Zumpt N. cr.; id. Tusc. 2, 26 fin.; Quint. 2, 12, 7; 11, 1, 56; 11, 3, 73 Spald.; Liv. 2, 5 fin.; 2, 10 al.; Curt. 4, 1, 24; 8, 1, 50; Ov. F. 3, 250:

vix ex gratulando miser jam eminebam,

was but now emerging from the flood of congratulations, Plaut. Capt. 3, 2, 5:

vox eminet una,

makes itself distinctly audible, Ov. M. 15, 607.—

In partic., to be prominent, conspicuous through one's (good) qualities, to distinguish one's self, be eminent:

Demosthenes unus eminet inter omnes in omni genere dicendi,

Cic. Or. 29 fin.; so with inter, Quint. 8, 5, 9; 12, 5, 5; cf. with super, Flor. 4, 2, 10:

in aliqua re,

Quint. 1, 12, 15; 2, 3, 6; 8, 3, 64 al.:

aliqua re,

Vell. 2, 127, 2; 2, 130, 1; Quint. 2, 8, 4; 3, 8, 65.— Absol.:

excellit atque eminet vis, potestas, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28;

so with excellit,

Tac. Or. 32:

quae (sententiarum ornamenta) emineant pauciora,

Cic. Or. 24, 81; so Liv. 5, 36; Vell. 2, 49 al.:

altius,

Nep. Chabr. 3, 3.—Hence, ēmĭnens, entis, P. a., standing out, projecting, prominent, high, lofty.

Lit. (syn. editus):

promontoria,

Caes. B. C. 2, 23, 2:

trabes,

id. ib. 2, 9, 5:

saxa,

Sall. J. 93, 4:

oculi,

Cic. Vatin. 2:

genae leviter,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

statura,

Suet. Calig. 50:

capita papaverum,

Front. Strat. 1, 1, 4; Flor. 1, 7, 7: aedes, standing on high ground (opp. plana), id. 1, 9, 4:

nihil (in globo),

Cic. N. D. 2, 18; cf. ib. 1, 27; cf. also the art. eminentia: patibulo eminens affigebatur, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 366, 14 (4, 40 Dietsch).— Comp.:

trabes,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 3:

nasus a summo,

Suet. Aug. 79;

of perspective in painting: alia eminentiora, alia reductiora fecerunt,

Quint. 11, 3, 46.— Sup.:

aliquod in montibus (i. e. vertex),

Quint. 8, 2, 7; cf.

mons,

Flor. 4, 12, 49.—

Trop., lofty, distinguished, eminent (esp. freq. in the postAug. per., and mostly in the sup.; syn.:

praeclarus, praestans, excellens, etc.): species deorum quae nihil solidi habeat, nihil eminentis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75:

ingenium,

Quint. 6 prooem. §

1: res dictu,

Vell. 2, 114, 1.—Prov.:

eminentis fortunae comes invidia,

Vell. Pat. 1, 9, 6.— Plur. as subst.: ēmĭnentes, ĭum, m., distinguished men, Tac. Agr. 5.— ēmĭnentĭa, ĭum, n.

Admirable passages in an oration, Quint. 10, 1, 86.—

Greatness, distinction:

nun. quam eminentia invidia carent,

Vell. 2, 40, 6.— Comp.:

eloquentia,

Tac. Or. 25.— Sup.:

auctores,

Quint. 1, 2, 2; 1, 10, 10; 2, 3, 1; 9, 4, 79 et saep.; cf. Ruhnk. Vell. 2, 83 fin. — In the later empire, Eminentissimus was a title of the Praefectus praetorio, and of the Magister militum, Cod. Just. 12, 47, 1; 9, 41, 11 et saep.— Adv.: ēmĭnenter, highly, eminently, August. in Psa. 95, 1.— Comp.:

projectae cautes eminentius,

Amm. 24, 2, 12:

non eminentius quam municipaliter natus,

i. e. of higher, nobler birth, Sid. Ep. 1, 11.

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].

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.—

Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).

Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—

Trop.

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),

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,

excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.

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.,

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.—

ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).

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.—

Subst.

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.—

Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—

Trop.

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.

, m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—

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.—

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.

Lit.:

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.

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].

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.—

Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).

Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—

Trop.

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),

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,

excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.

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.,

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.—

ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).

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.—

Subst.

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.—

Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—

Trop.

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.

, m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—

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.—

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.

Lit.:

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.

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].

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.—

Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).

Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—

Trop.

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),

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,

excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.

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.,

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.—

ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).

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.—

Subst.

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.—

Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—

Trop.

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.

, m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—

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.—

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.

Lit.:

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.