exempli gratia

Latin

Alternative forms

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.
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