ex-cello — Lewis & Short
ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj.,
I praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. cello.
I Act., to raise up, elevate; only:
recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—
II Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).
A Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—
B Trop.
1 In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),
2 In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:
ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:
ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:
inter omnes,id. Or. 2, 6:
super ceteros,Liv. 28, 43:
ante ceteros,App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:
qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:
quae una ceteris excellebat,id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:
ceteris,Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:
bonā famā,Lucr. 6, 13:
ingenio scientiāque,Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:
animi magnitudine,id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:
actione,id. Brut. 59, 215:
hoc genere virtutis,id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:
dignitate,Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:
altitudine,Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:
candore,id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:
in arte,Cic. Rep. 1, 13:
in aliqua arte et facultate,id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:
in alia parte orationis,id. Brut. 59, 215:
maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:
excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:
vitiis,Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:
cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,id. Pis. 38 fin.—Hence,
1 excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.
A Lit., high, lofty (very rare;
not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,
B Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:
deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,Cic. Div. 2, 63:
Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;
for which also: in omni genere,id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:
cujus excellens in re militari gloria,id. Rep. 2, 17:
Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,id. Brut. 97, 333:
natura excellens atque praestans,id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:
scientia excellens atque singularis,id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:
vir excellenti providentia,id. Rep. 2, 3;
for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):
studium,Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:
pulchritudo muliebris formae,Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.—Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.—Comp.:
ova excellentiora,Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:
nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:
excellentissima virtus,Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:
cultus,Suet. Ner. 20:
triumphus,id. Caes. 37:
aurum,Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.—Adv.: excellen-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.—Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.—Sup.:
excellentissime,Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—
2 ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).
A Lit.:
mons,Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:
locus,Cic. Rep. 6, 11:
porticus,id. Att. 4, 16, 14:
basis (statuae),Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.
signum,id. ib.:
statura,Suet. Caes. 45:
aves (Ibes),Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:
altitudo vineae,Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.—Comp.:
in excelsiore loco,Cic. Rep. 2, 31:
cornu (bovis),Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:
crura chamaeleonis,Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.—Sup.:
mons,Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.
locus,Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:
rupes,Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:
aegilops,id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—
b Subst.
1 excelsum, i, n., a height:
simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:
Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,Ov. H. 15, 165; so,
ab excelso,id. F. 2, 369:
prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—
2 Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—
B Trop.
1 In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:
te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
magnus homo et excelsus,id. Mur. 29:
animus excelsus magnificusque,id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:
excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:
te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.—Comp.:
(orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:
quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:
excelsissimae victoriae,Vell. 2, 96 fin.:
duces,id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.
(a) , m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:
excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—
(b) Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:
in excelso aetatem agere,i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—
2 Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.—Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.
1 Lit.:
si vitis scandit excelsius,Col. 4, 1, 5.—
2 Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:
ornat excelse,Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:
excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,Cic. Or. 34, 119:
excelsissime floruit (Sparta),exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.