egregie Latin · revision 31764

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *gʷreg-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [eːˈɡrɛ.ɡi.eː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [eˈɡrɛː.d͡ʒi.e]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēgregiē''' (comparative ēgregius, superlative ēgregissimē)^(Wiktionary)

+ The OLD finds the comparative ''ēgregius'' perhaps only in Juvenal.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[ēgregius|t=outstanding, excellent]] with the adverbial suffix [[m|la|-ē]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan explains ⟨ēgregius⟩ from a phrase ⟨*ē grege⟩ “out of the herd”, with [[grex|t=flock, herd]], from [[itc-pro|*gʷreg-|alt=*gwreg-]] and [[ine-pro|*gʷreg-|alt=*gwreg-|t=group, herd]], cognate with [[grc|γάργαρα|tr=gárgara|t=heaps, crowds]] and [[lt|gùrguolė|t=heap]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Ennius' ''Annals'' have “a man of outstanding good sense”;^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Terence.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means “to an outstanding degree, remarkably”, with verbs, as Terence's young man who was keen on nothing above all else, and with adjectives of praise, as in Ennius.^(OLD 2012) It also means “admirably well, excellently”, as Cicero's Hercules finely made in bronze.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of an outstandingly wise man.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a finely made statue.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 67–c. 127 AD – Juvenal has the comparative.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|excellently|alt=Excellently]], admirably well.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To an outstanding degree, [[m|en|remarkably]], exceptionally.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ēgregius]]

+ * [[grex]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}