excellent Copy link Outline 1. optĭmus2. ēgrĕgius (of more than common excellence)3. praestans, ntis (surpassing others)4. praestābĭlis, e (like praestans; but oftener used of absolute excellence)5. prŏbus (esp. in moral sense)6. spectātus (lit. that has been tried and found good)7. laudātus (lit. praised • excellent: 1. optĭmus: a most valiant and e. consul, fortissimus consul atque o., Cic.: to be in e. health, o. valetudine uti, Caes.: v. good. 2. ēgrĕgius (of more than common excellence): an e. pair of consuls, e. par consulum, Liv. 27, 34: v. remarkable. 3. praestans, ntis (surpassing others): a nature superior and e., [above that of the gods], Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 56. 4. praestābĭlis, e (like praestans; but oftener used of absolute excellence): except virtue, nothing is more e. than friendship, virtute excepta, nihil amicitia praestabilius, Cic. Am. extr.: nothing more e. than human nature, (nihil) praestabilius [natura hominum], Sall. Jug. init. 5. prŏbus (esp. in moral sense): v. good, worthy. 6. spectātus (lit. that has been tried and found good): as a physician little known, but an e. man, medicus ignobilis sed s. homo, Cic. Clu. 16, 47: Pl. Join: perfectus et spectatus [vir]; clarissimus et spectatissimus, Cic. 7. laudātus (lit. praised: not in Cic.): most e. cheese, laudatissimus caseus, Plin. Phr.: an e. writer, in primis bonus scriptor (v. eminently, 2): an e. authority (Polybius), bonus auctor in primis, Cic. Off. 3, 32, 113: as exclam., excellent! optime! euge! macte virtute (the last only suitable to be used by a superior): v. WELL DONE.