egregius

== Latin == === Etymology === From ex- (“out of, outside of”) +‎ grex (“herd”) +‎ -ius, literally “outside of the herd”. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eːˈɡrɛ.ɡi.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈɡrɛː.d͡ʒi.us] === Adjective === ēgregius (feminine ēgregia, neuter ēgregium, comparative magis ēgregius, superlative maximē ēgregius or ēgregiissimus or ēgregīssimus, adverb ēgregiē); first/second-declension adjective 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, [...] (of rank) illustrious, honorable ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ēgregiātus ēgregiē ēgregium ==== Descendants ==== === 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. Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti