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excellens
excellens
Latin
Participle
excellēns m, f, n (genitive excellentis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | excellēns | excellentēs | excellentia | ||
| genitive | excellentis | excellentium | |||
| dative | excellentī | excellentibus | |||
| accusative | excellentem | excellēns | excellentēs | excellentia | |
| ablative | excellentī | excellentibus | |||
| vocative | excellēns | excellentēs | excellentia | ||
Adjective
excellēns m, f, n (genitive excellentis); third declension (comp. excellentior; sup. excellentissimus; adv. excellenter)
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | excellēns | excellentēs | excellentia | ||
| genitive | excellentis | excellentium | |||
| dative | excellentī | excellentibus | |||
| accusative | excellentem | excellēns | excellentēs | excellentia | |
| ablative | excellentī | excellentibus | |||
| vocative | excellēns | excellentēs | excellentia | ||
Descendants
- Catalan: excel·lent
- English: excellent
- French: excellent
- Italian: eccellente
- Portuguese: excelente
- Spanish: excelente
- Emilian: eselèint
References
- excellens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- excellens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- EXCELLENS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “excellens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.