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

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Contents (2 entries · 6 senses)
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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• excellence ; excellency
    1. I. High rank: praestantia, excellentia: v. superiority, eminence.
    2. II. Goodness, superior quality:
      1. 1. virtus, ūtis, f. (specific e.): the great force and e. of an orator, oratoris vis illa divina v. que, Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 120: e. of body, of mind, corporis, animi v., Cic. Fin. 5, 13, 38: e. and beauty of arrangement, ordinis v. et venus, Hor. A. P. 42.
      2. 2. praestantia: the e. [efficacy] of a remedy, remedii p., Plin.
      3. 3. prŏbĭtas (moral): v. goodness.
    3. III. As title: perh. illustrissimus (Kr.): or ēgrĕgius (the designation of various officers under the Empire): Cod. Theod.
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.
EXCELLENCE, EXCELLENCY Copy link
• EXCELLENCE, EXCELLENCY
  • excellentia: praestantia. (The words are found in this connection and order.) excellentia praestantiaque: excellentia magnitudoque (both Cic.): Sometimes pulchritudo (beauty; e.g., virtutis, oratoris, mentis): excellentiae (in plur., Cic., Lael., 19, 69).
  • As a title, perhaps vir illustrissimus.
  • Par excellence (French = κατ’ ἐξοχήν), propter excellentiam (Cic., Top., 13, 55), or proprie (Cic., ib.); praecipue; prae ceteris; eximio nomine (e.g., aliquem or aliquid nominare). ☞ Sen. uses per excellentiam (Ep., 58), and Ulpian per eminentiam.