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egregius
egregius
Latin
Adjective
ēgregius m (feminine ēgregia, neuter ēgregium); first/second declension
- distinguished, excellent, eminent
- (of rank) illustrious, honorable
Inflection
First/second declension.
| 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
Descendants
- Translingual: Vesposus egregius
- English: egregious
- Italian: 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “egregius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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