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"description": "(v. a.P. a.P. a.P. a.P. a.Subst.) : ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj.\n* 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.\n* 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.\n* Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).\n* Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.\n* Trop.\n* 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)\n* 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.\n* 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.: excellen-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.—Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.—Sup.: excellentissime,Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.\n* Ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).\n* 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),Cic. 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.\n* Subst.\n* Trop.\n* Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.\n* 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.\n* M. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.: excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).\n* 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.\n* Lit.: si vitis scandit excelsius,Col. 4, 1, 5.\n* Trop., in an elevated manner, highly: ornat excelse,Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3: excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,Cic. Or. 34, 119: excelsissime floruit (Sparta),exceedingly,Vell. 1, 6, 3."
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