excellens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of excellō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eksˈkel.lens/, [ɛks̠ˈkɛlːʲẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eksˈt͡ʃel.lens/, [eksˈt͡ʃɛlːens]

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

• Asturian: escelente
• Catalan: excel·lent
• Emilian: eselèint
• English: excellent
• French: excellent
• Galician: excelente
• German: exzellent
• Italian: eccellente
• Occitan: excellent
• Portuguese: excelente
• Romanian: excelent
• Spanish: excelente

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.