excello
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ex- + *cellō (“to rise”), a lost verb whose participle is celsus, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise”) (whence collis, columen etc.).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eksˈkel.loː/, [ɛks̠ˈkɛlːʲoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eksˈt͡ʃel.lo/, [eksˈt͡ʃɛlːo]
Verb edit
excellō (present infinitive excellere, perfect active excelluī, supine excelsum); third conjugation
- to elevate, raise up
- to rise, elevate oneself
- to exult, be elated
- to excel, surpass
- Synonyms: antecēdō, anteeō, praeēmineō, trānseō
- to be eminent
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References edit
- “excello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “excello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- excello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the aristocracy (as a social class): nobiles; nobilitas; qui nobilitate generis excellunt
- the aristocracy (as a social class): nobiles; nobilitas; qui nobilitate generis excellunt
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 105
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
excello