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Latin
Etymology
Participle of lost *cellō, from the Proto-Indo-European root *kelH- (“to rise”) (whence collis, columen etc.).
Pronunciation
Adjective
celsus (feminine celsa, neuter celsum, comparative celsior); first/second-declension adjective
- lofty, high, tall
- haughty, arrogant, proud
- prominent, elevated
- erect
- noble
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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References
- “celsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “celsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- celsus 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)
- celsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “celsus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “celsus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “celsus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 576
- Hamada, Hacene. 2018. On lexical obsolence in Tacawit: The case of six Berber fauna terms. Revue de Traduction & Langues 17. Page 55.