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excello

Latin

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Etymology

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From ex- +‎ Proto-Italic *kelnō (“to rise”), a lost verb whose past participle resulted in celsus, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise”) (whence collis, columen etc.).[1]

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excellō (present infinitive excellere, perfect active excelluī, supine excelsum); third conjugation

  1. to elevate, raise up
    Synonyms: levō, ēlevō, allevō, ērigō, tollō, scandō, ēvehō, efferō, sublīmō, surgō, ēdō
    Antonyms: dēiciō, abiciō
  2. to rise, elevate oneself
  3. to exult, be elated
  4. to excel, surpass
    Synonyms: antecēdō, anteeō, praeēmineō, trānseō
  5. to be eminent
    Synonyms: ēmineō, exstō, liqueō, antecēdō, praeēmineō, ēniteō

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of excellō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present excellō excellis excellit excellimus excellitis excellunt
imperfect excellēbam excellēbās excellēbat excellēbāmus excellēbātis excellēbant
future excellam excellēs excellet excellēmus excellētis excellent
perfect excelluī excelluistī excelluit excelluimus excelluistis excelluērunt,
excelluēre
pluperfect excellueram excelluerās excelluerat excelluerāmus excelluerātis excelluerant
future perfect excelluerō excellueris excelluerit excelluerimus excellueritis excelluerint
passive present excellor excelleris,
excellere 		excellitur excellimur excelliminī excelluntur
imperfect excellēbar excellēbāris,
excellēbāre 		excellēbātur excellēbāmur excellēbāminī excellēbantur
future excellar excellēris,
excellēre 		excellētur excellēmur excellēminī excellentur
perfect excelsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect excelsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect excelsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present excellam excellās excellat excellāmus excellātis excellant
imperfect excellerem excellerēs excelleret excellerēmus excellerētis excellerent
perfect excelluerim excelluerīs excelluerit excelluerīmus excelluerītis excelluerint
pluperfect excelluissem excelluissēs excelluisset excelluissēmus excelluissētis excelluissent
passive present excellar excellāris,
excellāre 		excellātur excellāmur excellāminī excellantur
imperfect excellerer excellerēris,
excellerēre 		excellerētur excellerēmur excellerēminī excellerentur
perfect excelsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect excelsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — excelle — — excellite —
future — excellitō excellitō — excellitōte excelluntō
passive present — excellere — — excelliminī —
future — excellitor excellitor — — excelluntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives excellere excelluisse excelsūrum esse excellī excelsum esse excelsum īrī
participles excellēns — excelsūrus — excelsus excellendus,
excellundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
excellendī excellendō excellendum excellendō excelsum excelsū

Derived terms

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References

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  • “excello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “excello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • excello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the aristocracy (as a social class): nobiles; nobilitas; qui nobilitate generis excellunt
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 105

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Verb

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excello

  1. first-person singular present indicative of exceller
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