exempli gratia

Latin

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

See exemplum and grātia

Adverb

exemplī grātiā

1. for the sake of an example, e.g., for example; 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.