eximii

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ekˈsi.mi.iː/, [ɛkˈs̠ɪmiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsi.mi.i/, [eɡˈziːmiː]

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

1. (Medieval Latin) Synonym of optimātēs (“a king’s great men”, “high dignitaries of a palace or royal court”)

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	eximiī
Genitive	eximiōrum
Dative	eximiīs
Accusative	eximiōs
Ablative	eximiīs
Vocative	eximiī

References

• eximii 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)

Adjective

eximiī

1. inflection of eximius:
   1. nominative/vocative plural masculine
   2. genitive singular masculine/neuter

Etymology 2

A regularly declined form of eximium (“a gift”).

Noun

eximiī n

1. genitive singular of eximium