excellens

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Latin

Etymology

Present participle of excellō.

Pronunciation

Participle

excellēns (genitive excellentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. elevating, rising
  2. exulting
  3. excelling, surpassing

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

  1. distinguished
    Synonyms: cōnspicuus, distīnctus, eximius, ēgregius, īnsignis, praecipuus, nōbilis
  2. 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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