excellens
Latin
Etymology
Present participle of excellō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eksˈkel.lens/, [ɛks̠ˈkɛlːʲẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eksˈt͡ʃel.lens/, [eksˈt͡ʃɛlːens]
Participle
excellēns (genitive excellentis); third-declension one-termination participle
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | excellēns | excellentēs | excellentia | ||
| Genitive | excellentis | excellentium | |||
| Dative | excellentī | excellentibus | |||
| Accusative | excellentem | excellēns | excellentēs excellentīs |
excellentia | |
| Ablative | excellente excellentī1 |
excellentibus | |||
| Vocative | excellēns | excellentēs | excellentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Adjective
excellēns (genitive excellentis, comparative excellentior, superlative excellentissimus, adverb excellenter); third-declension one-termination adjective (comp. excellentior; sup. excellentissimus; adv. excellenter)
- distinguished
- Synonyms: cōnspicuus, distīnctus, eximius, ēgregius, īnsignis, praecipuus, nōbilis
- excellent
- Synonym: pulcher
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | excellēns | excellentēs | excellentia | ||
| Genitive | excellentis | excellentium | |||
| Dative | excellentī | excellentibus | |||
| Accusative | excellentem | excellēns | excellentēs | excellentia | |
| Ablative | excellentī | excellentibus | |||
| Vocative | excellēns | excellentēs | excellentia | ||
Descendants
References
- “excellens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “excellens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- excellens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- excellens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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