adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
excellēns
excellēns (genitive excellentis, comparative excellentior, superlative excellentissimus, adverb excellenter)
Classical[ɛksˈkɛl.lẽːs]Ecclesiastical[eksˈt͡ʃɛl.lens]
Meaning
- one terminationdistinguished
- one terminationexcellent
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | excellēns | excellēns | excellēns |
| genitive | excellentis | excellentis | excellentis |
| dative | excellentī | excellentī | excellentī |
| accusative | excellentem | excellentem | excellēns |
| ablative | excellentī excellente | excellentī excellente | excellentī excellente |
| vocative | excellēns | excellēns | excellēns |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | excellentēs | excellentēs | excellentia |
| genitive | excellentium | excellentium | excellentium |
| dative | excellentibus | excellentibus | excellentibus |
| accusative | excellentīs excellentēs | excellentīs excellentēs | excellentia |
| ablative | excellentibus | excellentibus | excellentibus |
| vocative | excellentēs | excellentēs | excellentia |
excellens, Part. and P. a., from excello.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
excellēns entis, adj. with comp. and sup.
P. of excello, towering, prominent, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent : animus ac virtus: vir virtute: inter tot unus: studium, Cs.: cycnus, of surpassing beauty , V.: nihil illo excellentius in vitiis, N.: excellentissima virtus, Cs.
Origins
Present participle of excellō.
Descendants
- Catalanexcel·lent
- Englishexcellent
- Frenchexcellent
- Germanexzellent
- Italianeccellente
- Occitanexcellent
- Portugueseexcelente
- Romanianexcelent
- Spanishexcelente
- Asturianescelente
In English words that came into English from excellēns
- excellentexcellēns
- excellenceexcellentia
- excellencyexcellentia