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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• excel:
      1. 1. praesto, stĭti, stĭtum, 1 (usu. with dat.; also acc., esp. in later authors: nearly always in good sense): to e. other living creatures, p. ceteris animalibus, Sall.: to e. other nations in sagacity, p. prudentia ceteris gentibus, Cic.: with acc., Nep.: Liv. Also with inter: suos inter aequales longe praestitit, Cic. Br. 64, 230.
      2. 2. excello, ui, 3 (to rise above: foll. by dat. or prep.): the virtue which e.s all the rest, ea virtus quae una ceteris ex., Cic.: very often with abl. of the respect in which: to e. in genius and wisdom, ingenio sapientiaque ex., Cic.: also with in and abl.: in jocis longe aliis ex., Cic. Foll. by inter, super, ante, ex: excellere inter omnes, Cic.: super ceteros, Liv.; ante ceteros, Apul.; ex [philosophis], Cic. Acad. 2, 2, 4. (Less freq. are antecello [Cic.: Tac.], praecello [Lucr. Suet.]: both sometimes in later authors with acc. instead of dat.)
      3. 3. anteeo, 4, irr. (with acc.): v. to surpass.
      4. 4. sŭpĕro, exsŭpĕro, 1 (always trans.): v. to exceed, surpass.
      5. 5. ēmĭneo, 2. v. DISTINGUISHED (TO BE).
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• EXCEL
excellere (in anything, in aliqua re; e.g., in arte; or aliqua re, if it is that by which he excels, animi magnitudine, etc.: anybody, alicui [e.g., dignitate principibus excellere, Cic.]); among, inter aliquos; also to excel anybody, praeter aliquem excellere; super omnes excellere [☞ not prae aliquo, which Muretus uses.] : ☞ no perfect excellui, except Gell., (Use florui, vigui, eminui, praestiti, etc.): praecellere (Lucr. and Plin., Tac., aliquem, alicui, inter alios): eminere (stand forth conspicuously as above others; in aliqua re; aliqua re inter aliquos, Quint., and absolutely). (The words are found in this connection and order.) excellere atque eminere (absolutely): praestare (stand before; in anything, aliqua re; anybody, aliquem or alicui, Vid: Herz., B.G. 8, 6): conspicuum esse, conspici (to attract the observation in an unusual degree, of persons and things; Vid: Brem., Nep., Att., 13, 5): aliqua re insigniri (to be made remarkable by, Plin., etc.; but the word used by Cic.): superare (to surpass, aliquem aliqua re, Cic.): exsuperare (Liv. etc., not only to equal you, but, if possible, to excel you, tuas laudes non assequi solum, sed etiam exsuperare, Liv., 28, 43, 47): to excel in bravery, virtute praecipuum esse; other men in virtue, virtute ceteros mortales praestare. To excel in anything, excellere in re (e.g., in arte aliqua).