excelsitas

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

excelsĭtas, ātis, f. [excelsus],

I loftiness , height.

I Lit.: montium, Plin. 2, 64, 64, § 160: harundinis, id. 16, 36, 66, § 167: lilii, id. 21, 5, 11, § 23.—

II Trop.: excelsitas animi et magnitudo, Cic. Off. 3, 5, 24.

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