egregius

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eːˈɡre.ɡi.us/, [eːˈɡrɛɡiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈɡre.d͡ʒi.us/, [eˈɡrɛːd͡ʒius]

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

• 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^[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