Latin search results for: excelsus

#1

adjective

Definitions:

  1. elevated
  2. exalted
  3. lofty/high
  4. noble
  5. of high position/rank/reputation
  6. tall
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

adjective

Definitions:

  1. high pitched (sound/note)
  • Age: Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
  • Area: Drama, Music, Theater, Art, Painting, Sculpture
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: Souter, “A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.”, Oxford 1949
#3

verb

  • conjugation: 3rd conjugation

Definitions:

  1. be eminent/preeminent
  2. excel
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say