excelsitas

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Οἱ βασιλεῖς τῇ ἐγκυκλοπαιδείᾳ, αὐτὴ τοῖς βασιλεῦσι (Salamanca inscription) → The kings for the university, and the university for the kings

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

excelsĭtas: ātis, f. excelsus,
I loftiness, height.
I Lit.: montium, Plin. 2, 64, 64, § 160: harundinis, id. 16, 36, 66, § 167: lilii, id. 21, 5, 11, § 23.—
II Trop.: excelsitas animi et magnitudo, Cic. Off. 3, 5, 24.