egregius

Latin

Etymology

From ex- (“out of, outside of”) +‎ grex (“herd”) +‎ -ius, literally “outside of the herd”.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ēgregius (feminine ēgregia, neuter ēgregium, superlative ēgregiissimus, adverb ēgregiē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. distinguished, excellent, eminent
    Synonyms: īnsignis, excellēns, distīnctus, cōnspicuus, praecipuus, eximius
    ad cētera ēgregius ― 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, [...]
  2. (of rank) illustrious, honorable

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ēgregius ēgregia ēgregium ēgregiī ēgregiae ēgregia
genitive ēgregiī ēgregiae ēgregiī ēgregiōrum ēgregiārum ēgregiōrum
dative ēgregiō ēgregiae ēgregiō ēgregiīs
accusative ēgregium ēgregiam ēgregium ēgregiōs ēgregiās ēgregia
ablative ēgregiō ēgregiā ēgregiō ēgregiīs
vocative ēgregie ēgregia ēgregium ēgregiī ēgregiae ēgregia

Derived terms

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[1], 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
  • Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.