celsus

celsus

Latin

Etymology

Participle of lost *cellō, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-n-to-, from *kelH- (“to rise”) (whence collis, columen etc.).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkel.sus/, [ˈkɛɫ̪s̠ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃel.sus/, [ˈt͡ʃɛlsus]

Adjective

celsus (feminine celsa, neuter celsum, comparative celsior); first/second-declension adjective

1. lofty, high, tall
2. haughty, arrogant, proud
3. prominent, elevated
4. erect
5. noble

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	celsus	celsa	celsum		celsī	celsae	celsa
Genitive	celsī	celsae	celsī		celsōrum	celsārum	celsōrum
Dative	celsō		celsō		celsīs
Accusative	celsum	celsam	celsum		celsōs	celsās	celsa
Ablative	celsō	celsā	celsō		celsīs
Vocative	celse	celsa	celsum		celsī	celsae	celsa

Related terms

• antecellō
• excellō
• praecellō

Descendants

• → French: celse
• Italian: gelso
• Sardinian: chersa, chessa
• Sicilian: ceusu
• → Tachawit: tkilsa

References

• “celsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “celsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• celsus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• celsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “celsus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “celsus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “celsus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 576
• Hamada, Hacene. 2018. On lexical obsolence in Tacawit: The case of six Berber fauna terms. Revue de Traduction & Langues 17. Page 55.