excelsitas
Latin
Etymology
From excelsus (“lofty”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛksˈkɛɫ.sɪ.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eksˈt͡ʃɛl.si.t̪as]
Noun
excelsitās f (genitive excelsitātis); third declension
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