egregius
Latin
Etymology
From ex- (“out of, outside of”) + grex (“herd”) + -ius, literally “outside of the herd”.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈɡre.ɡi.us/, [eːˈɡrɛɡiʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈɡre.d͡ʒi.us/, [eˈɡrɛːd͡ʒius]
Adjective
ēgregius (feminine ēgregia, neuter ēgregium, superlative ēgregiissimus, adverb ēgregiē); first/second-declension adjective
- distinguished, excellent, eminent
- Synonyms: īnsignis, excellēns, distīnctus, cōnspicuus, praecipuus, eximius
- ad cetera egregius ― outstanding from every aspect
- Auli Gellii noctes atticae cum indicibus locupletissimis, Leipzig, 1870, page 328 containing Aulus Gellius' noctes atticae XIV, 5, 1 [a mentioning] and 3 [a usage]:
- atque ibi duos forte grammaticos conspicatus non parvi in urbe Roma nominis, certationi eorum acerrimae adfui; cum alter in casu vocativo vir egregi dicendum contenderet, alter vir egregie.
- O, inquit, egregie grammatice, vel, si id mavis, egregiissime, dic, oro te, [...]
- (of rank) illustrious, honorable
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ēgregius | ēgregia | ēgregium | ēgregiī | ēgregiae | ēgregia | |
| Genitive | ēgregiī | ēgregiae | ēgregiī | ēgregiōrum | ēgregiārum | ēgregiōrum | |
| Dative | ēgregiō | ēgregiō | ēgregiīs | ||||
| Accusative | ēgregium | ēgregiam | ēgregium | ēgregiōs | ēgregiās | ēgregia | |
| Ablative | ēgregiō | ēgregiā | ēgregiō | ēgregiīs | |||
| Vocative | ēgregie | ēgregia | ēgregium | ēgregiī | ēgregiae | ēgregia | |
Derived terms
- ēgregiātus
- ēgregiē
- ēgregium
Descendants
- Translingual: Vesposus egregius
- English: egregious
- Italian: egregio
- Portuguese: egrégio
- Romanian: egregiu
- Spanish: egregio
References
- “egregius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “egregius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- egregius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to expend great labour on a thing: egregiam operam (multum, plus etc. operae) dare alicui rei
- a promising youth: adulescens bonae (egregiae) spei
- to have the good of the state at heart: omnia de re publica praeclara atque egregia sentire
- to expend great labour on a thing: egregiam operam (multum, plus etc. operae) dare alicui rei
- Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti