Latin search results for: excelsum

#1

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. eminence
  2. height, high place/ground/altitude
  3. high position/rank/station
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. [in ~is/in ~o => in the highest/on high]
  2. altar, temple (pl.)
  3. citadel
  • Age: Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
  • Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: Souter, “A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.”, Oxford 1949
#3

adjective

Definitions:

  1. high pitched (sound/note)
  • Age: Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
  • Area: Drama, Music, Theater, Art, Painting, Sculpture
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: Souter, “A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.”, Oxford 1949