egregie

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈɡrɛ.d͡ʒe/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdʒe
  • Hyphenation: e‧grè‧gie

Adjective

egregie

  1. feminine plural of egregio

Latin

Etymology

From ēgregius (extraordinary, surpassing).

Pronunciation

Adverb

ēgregiē (comparative ēgregius, superlative ēgregissimē)

  1. excellently, eminently
  2. surpassingly, exceedingly, exceptionally, singularly
    • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 271–273:
      PAMPHILUS: Egon, propter mē, illam dēcipī miseram sinam — / quae mihi suum animum atque omnem vītam crēdidit, / quam ego animō ēgregiē cāram prō uxōre habuerim?
      PAMPHILUS: Would I, on account of my [circumstances], allow that poor woman to be misled — she who has entrusted her soul and her whole life to me, whom I have held so exceptionally dear to my heart as a wife?
  3. uncommonly well

References

  • ēgrĕgĭe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • egregie”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "egregie", 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)
  • egregie”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Adjective

egregie

  1. nominative/accusative feminine singular of egregiu