| <eg> | (example (exempli gratia)) (in a dictionary) contains an example text containing at least one occurrence of the word form, used in the sense being described; examples may be quoted from (named) authors or contrived. | |
| Attributes: | ||
| Example | ||
| Note | In some dictionaries the quoted example may be followed by a bibliographic citation for the source; this citation may be tagged with the tags described in section 6.10 . The quotation and the indication of its source should be enclosed in a <cit> element. | |
| Tagset | base tag set for printed dictionaries | |
| Class | dictionaries, dictionaryParts, dictionaryTopLevel | |
| Filename | teidict2 | |
| Content: | May contain a quotation, pronunciation, definition, or translation information. | |
| Parents | attDef entry etym exemplum hom re sense trans | |
| Children | cit q quote [May include at any level: %m.dictionaryParts %m.formPointers] | |
| Declaration | <!ELEMENT eg - O (q | quote | cit)+ +(%m.dictionaryParts
|
%m.formPointers)
>
<!ATTLIST eg %a.global
%a.dictionaries > | |
| See | 12.3.5.1 | |