egregius

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

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

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

First/second-declension adjective.

• ēgregiātus
• ēgregiē
• ēgregium

• Translingual: Vesposus egregius
• English: egregious
• Italian: egregio
• Portuguese: egrégio
• Romanian: egregiu
• Spanish: egregio

• “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, 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