excellens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of excellō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eksˈkel.lens/, [ɛks̠ˈkɛlːʲẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eksˈt͡ʃel.lens/, [eksˈt͡ʃɛlːens]

Participle

excellēns (genitive excellentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. elevating, rising
2. exulting
3. excelling, surpassing

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	excellēns			excellentēs	excellentia
genitive	excellentis			excellentium
dative	excellentī			excellentibus
accusative	excellentem	excellēns		excellentēs excellentīs	excellentia
ablative	excellente excellentī1			excellentibus
vocative	excellēns			excellentēs	excellentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Adjective

excellēns (genitive excellentis, comparative excellentior, superlative excellentissimus, adverb excellenter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. distinguished

   Synonyms: cōnspicuus, distīnctus, eximius, ēgregius, īnsignis, praecipuus, nōbilis

2. excellent

   Synonym: pulcher

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	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

• Asturian: escelente
• Catalan: excel·lent
• Emilian: eselèint
• English: excellent
• French: excellent
• Galician: excelente
• German: exzellent
• Italian: eccellente
• Occitan: excellent
• Portuguese: excelente
• Romanian: excelent
• Spanish: excelente

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• excellens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excellēns. Doublet of excellera and par excellence.

Noun

excellens c

1. Excellency (form of address for certain dignitaries)
2. excellence

Declension

Declension of excellens

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	excellens	excellens
	definite	excellensen	excellensens
plural	indefinite	excellenser	excellensers
	definite	excellenserna	excellensernas

Further reading

• excellens in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• excellens in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)