excelsitas

Latin

Etymology

From excelsus (“lofty”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eksˈkel.si.taːs/, [ɛks̠ˈkɛɫ̪s̠ɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eksˈt͡ʃel.si.tas/, [eksˈt͡ʃɛlsit̪äs]

Noun

excelsitās f (genitive excelsitātis); third declension

1. loftiness, height, ascendency

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	excelsitās	excelsitātēs
genitive	excelsitātis	excelsitātum
dative	excelsitātī	excelsitātibus
accusative	excelsitātem	excelsitātēs
ablative	excelsitāte	excelsitātibus
vocative	excelsitās	excelsitātēs

References

• “excelsitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “excelsitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers