eximii

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛkˈsɪ.mi.iː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eɡˈziː.mi.i] === Etymology 1 === 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 ==== 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 ===== Second-declension noun, plural only. ===== References ===== "eximii", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) ==== Adjective ==== eximiī inflection of eximius: nominative/vocative plural masculine genitive singular masculine/neuter === Etymology 2 === A regularly declined form of eximium (“a gift”). ==== Noun ==== eximiī n genitive singular of eximium