- celsus
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celsus, a, um, adj. [P. a., of obsolete 2. cello, found in antecello, excello, etc., to rise high, tower; root kar-, in karê, karênon, korus; cerebrum, crista, pro-ceres; calamus, culmus, columna, etc.], raised high, extending upward, high, lofty (syn.: altus, erectus, sublimis, elatus, procerus).I.Physically:II.
(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.—Morally.A.In a good sense.1.High, lofty, elevated above that which is common, great (syn.:2.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.—Elevated in rank or station, noble, eminent:B.celsissima sedes dignitatis atque honoris,
Cic. Sull. 2, 5:eques,
Stat. S. 1, 4, 42; cf. under adv. and Celeres.—In a bad sense, haughty, proud, high-spirited:I.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.(Acc. to I.) High; comp., Col. 4, 19, 2; Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 387; Amm. 25, 4.—II.(Acc. to II.) Nobly:2.nati,
Stat. S. 3, 3, 145 (others read: celso natorum honore).Celsus, i, m., a Roman cognomen; esp.,I.A. Cornelius Celsus, the greatest of the Roman writers on medicine. —II.C. Albinovanus, a friend of Horace, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 15; 1, 8, 1.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.