exempli gratia

Latin

Alternative forms

• (abbreviations): ex. gr., e. g.
• (abbreviations, by justification): e.g.

Etymology

See exemplum and grātia

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ekˈsem.pliː ˈɡraː.ti.aː/, [ɛkˈs̠ɛmplʲiː ˈɡräːt̪iäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsem.pli ˈɡrat.t͡si.a/, [eɡˈzɛmpli ˈɡrät̪ː͡s̪iä]

Adverb

exempli gratia (not comparable)

1. for the sake of an example, e.g., for example, for instance; used in introducing an example or non-exhaustive list of examples.
   • 1644, Renatus Cartesius, Principia philosophiae

     Adeo ut uidentes, exempli gratia, colorem, putauerimus nos uidere rem quandam extra nos positam, et plane similem ideae illi coloris, quam in nobis tunc experiebamur; idque ob consuetudinem ita iudicandi, tam clare et distincte uidere nobis uidebamur, ut pro certo et indubitato haberemus.