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|lshtext=<b>celsus</b>: a, um, adj. P. a., of [[obsolete]] 2. [[cello]], [[found]] in [[antecello]], [[excello]], etc., to [[rise]] [[high]], [[tower]]; [[root]] kar-, in [[κάρη]], [[κάρηνον]], [[κόρυς]]>; [[cerebrum]], [[crista]], pro-ceres; [[calamus]], [[culmus]], [[columna]], etc.,<br /><b>I</b> [[raised]] [[high]], extending [[upward]], [[high]], [[lofty]] (syn.: [[altus]], [[erectus]], [[sublimis]], [[elatus]], [[procerus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Physically: ([[deus]] homines) [[humo]] excitatos, celsos et erectos constituit, Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 140: celsissimo Germano procerior (Judaeus), Col. 3, 8, 2: [[status]] (oratoris) et [[erectus]] et [[celsus]], Cic. Or. 18, 59; cf. Liv. 30, 32, 11; and celsior [[ingressus]], Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 51: in cornua [[cervus]], Ov. M. 10, 538 (cf.: surgens in cornua [[cervus]], Verg. A. 10, 725): capitolia, Verg. A. 8, 653: turres, Hor. C. 2, 10, 10; Ov. M. 3, 61: [[Acherontia]], Hor. C. 3, 4, 14: [[Apenninus]], id. Epod. 16, 29; cf.: [[vertex]] montis, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 7, 13: celsa Paphus [[atque]] [[Cythera]], [[lofty]], Verg. A. 10, 51: ne, si celsior ([[ibis]]), [[ignis]] adurat (opp. demissior), Ov. M. 8, 205.—<br /><b>II</b> Morally.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In a [[good]] [[sense]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; High, [[lofty]], [[elevated]] [[above]] [[that]] [[which]] is [[common]], [[great]] (syn.: [[erectus]], [[eminens]], [[excellens]], [[altus]]): [[celsus]] et [[erectus]] et ea, quae homini accidere possunt, omnia parva ducens, Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 42: generosior celsiorque, Quint. 1, 3, 30: mente, Sil. 16, 188.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Elevated in [[rank]] or [[station]], [[noble]], [[eminent]]: celsissima [[sedes]] dignitatis [[atque]] honoris, Cic. Sull. 2, 5: [[eques]], Stat. S. 1, 4, 42; cf. under adv. and [[Celeres]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[haughty]], [[proud]], [[high]]-[[spirited]]: haec jura suae civitatis ignorantem, erectum et celsum, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184: celsi et spe [[haud]] dubia feroces, Liv. 7, 16, 5: celsi [[Ramnes]], Hor. A. P. 342; Sil. 16, 187.—Hence, adv.: celsē.<br /><b>I</b> (Acc. to I.) High; comp., Col. 4, 19, 2; Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 387; Amm. 25, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> (Acc. to II.) Nobly: nati, Stat. S. 3, 3, 145 (others [[read]]: celso natorum honore).
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