excellentia
τῶν λεγομένων τά μέν κατά συμπλοκήν λέγεται, τά δέ ἄνευ συμπλοκῆς → forms of speech are either simple or composite (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a16-17)
Latin > English
excellentia excellentiae N F :: excellence, superiority; merit
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
excellentia: ae, f. excello, P. a. 1.,
I superiority, excellence, perfection (abstr. and rel.): magna cum excellentia praestantiaque animantium reliquarum, Cic. Off. 1, 28; cf. id. ib. 1, 27 fin.: animi excellentia magnitudoque, id. ib. 1, 5, 17; so, picturae, Plin. 35, 14, 49, § 173: crurum, id. 34, 8, 19, § 82; Prud. στεφ. 10, 52: propter excellentiam, pre-eminence, Gr. κατ ἐξοχήν, ut Homerus propter excellentiam commune poëtarum nomen efficit apud Graecos suum, Cic. Top. 13, 55; cf.: per excellentiam, Sen. Ep. 58, 17.—Plur.: saepe excellentiae quaedam sunt, qualis erat Scipionis in nostro grege, Cic. Lael. 19, 69.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
excellentĭa,¹³ æ, f., (excello), supériorité, excellence : Cic. Off. 1, 96, propter excellentiam Cic. Top. 55, à cause de sa supériorité sans conteste ; per excellentiam Sen. Ep. 58, 17, par excellence, supérieurement || pl., Cic. Læl. 69, des cas de supériorité.
Latin > German (Georges)
excellentia, ae, f. (excellens), das Hervorragen, Höherstehen, die Vortrefflichkeit, Vorzüglichkeit, u. nur in diesem Sinne = der Vorzug, m. subj. Genet., crurum, Plin.: picturae, Plin.: animi excellentia magnitudoque, Cic. – m. obj. Genet., excellentia praestantiaque animantium reliquarum (vor den übrigen vernunftlosen Wesen), Cic. – absol., propter excellentiam, vorzugsweise (griech. κατ᾽ εξοχήν), Cic. top. 55: ebenso per excellentiam, Sen. ep. 58, 17. Prisc. 17, 145. – Plur., saepe excellentiae quaedam sunt, qualis erat Scipionis in nostro grege, hervorragende Stellungen, Cic. de amic. 69.
