LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

excellentia

excellentia f (genitive excellentiae)
Classical[ɛk.skɛlˈlɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[ek.ʃelˈlɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. feminineexcellence, superiority
  2. femininemerit

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeexcellentiaexcellentiae
genitiveexcellentiaeexcellentiārum
dativeexcellentiaeexcellentiīs
accusativeexcellentiamexcellentiās
ablativeexcellentiāexcellentiīs
vocativeexcellentiaexcellentiae

excellentia, ae, f. excello, P. a. 1.,
I. superiority, excellence, perfection (abstr. and rel.): magna cum excellentia praestantiaque animantium reliquarum, Cic. Off. 1, 28; cf. id. ib. 1, 27 fin.: animi excellentia magnitudoque, id. ib. 1, 5, 17; so, picturae, Plin. 35, 14, 49, § 173: crurum, id. 34, 8, 19, § 82; Prud. στεφ. 10, 52: propter excellentiam, pre-eminence, Gr. κατʼ ἐξοχήν, ut Homerus propter excellentiam commune poëtarum nomen efficit apud Graecos suum, Cic. Top. 13, 55; cf.: per excellentiam, Sen. Ep. 58, 17.—Plur.: saepe excellentiae quaedam sunt, qualis erat Scipionis in nostro grege, Cic. Lael. 19, 69.

Origins

From excellēns (“elevated, exalted”) + -ia, present participle of excellō (“elevate, exult”).

Descendants
  • Catalanexcel·lència
  • Englishexcellence
  • Englishexcellency
  • Frenchexcellence
  • GermanExzellenz
  • Italianeccellenza
  • Occitanexcelléncia
  • Portugueseexcelência
  • Romanianexcelență
  • Spanishexcelencia

In English words that came into English from excellentia

  • excellenceexcellentia
  • excellencyexcellentia

Quick answers

What does excellentia mean in Latin?
excellentia, a noun, means “excellence, superiority; merit”.
What is the genitive of excellentia?
The genitive singular is excellentiae. excellentia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce excellentia?
In classical Latin, [ɛk.skɛlˈlɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ek.ʃelˈlɛn.t͡si.a].