exempli gratia
Latin
Alternative forms
- (abbreviations): ex. gr., e. g.
- (abbreviations, by justification): e.g.
Adverb
- 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.
- 1644, Renatus Cartesius, Principia philosophiae
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