excelsĭtas — Lewis & Short
excelsĭtas, ātis, f.excelsus,
I loftiness, height.
I Lit.:
montium,Plin. 2, 64, 64, § 160:
harundinis,id. 16, 36, 66, § 167:
lilii,id. 21, 5, 11, § 23.—
II Trop.:
excelsitas animi et magnitudo,Cic. Off. 3, 5, 24.