eximii
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈsi.mi.iː/, [ɛkˈs̠ɪmiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈsi.mi.i/, [eɡˈziːmiː]
Etymology 1 edit
From eximius (“selected as being the best”; “outstanding”, “exceptional”, “remarkable”): as a noun, a substantivisation of its masculine plural forms; as an adjective, regularly declined forms.
Noun edit
eximiī m pl (genitive eximiōrum); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) Synonym of optimātēs (“a king’s great men”, “high dignitaries of a palace or royal court”)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | eximiī |
| Genitive | eximiōrum |
| Dative | eximiīs |
| Accusative | eximiōs |
| Ablative | eximiīs |
| Vocative | eximiī |
References edit
- eximii 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)
Adjective edit
eximiī
Etymology 2 edit
A regularly declined form of eximium (“a gift”).
Noun edit
eximiī n