elegans

See also: elegáns

Latin

Etymology 1

The present participle of an unattested verb *ēlegāre ("to choose considerately"), probably from an intermediate noun *ēlegus ("chooser"), from ēligō (to choose) + -us. For a similar formation, see occupō.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

ēlegāns (genitive ēlegantis, comparative ēlegantior, superlative ēlegantissimus, adverb ēleganter); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. fine, elegant, handsome
    Synonyms: opulēns, splendidus, lautus
  2. tasteful
  3. fastidious, critical
  4. discriminating, polite
Inflection

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative ēlegāns ēlegantēs ēlegantia
Genitive ēlegantis ēlegantium
Dative ēlegantī ēlegantibus
Accusative ēlegantem ēlegāns ēlegantēs ēlegantia
Ablative ēlegantī ēlegantibus
Vocative ēlegāns ēlegantēs ēlegantia
Descendants

Etymology 2

Present active participle of ēlēgō

Pronunciation

Participle

ēlēgāns (genitive ēlēgantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. bequeathing away (out of the family)
Inflection

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative ēlēgāns ēlēgantēs ēlēgantia
Genitive ēlēgantis ēlēgantium
Dative ēlēgantī ēlēgantibus
Accusative ēlēgantem ēlēgāns ēlēgantēs ēlēgantia
Ablative ēlēgantī ēlēgantibus
Vocative ēlēgāns ēlēgantēs ēlēgantia

References

  • elegans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • elegans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • elegans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a fine, practised ear: aures elegantes, teretes, tritae (De Or. 9. 27)
    • sound knowledge; scholarship: doctrina exquisita, subtilis, elegans
    • good taste; delicate perception: iudicium subtile, elegans, exquisitum, intellegens
    • (ambiguous) logical minuteness, precision: disserendi elegantia
    • (ambiguous) he possesses sound judgment in matters of taste: elegantia in illo est
    • (ambiguous) tasteful description: elegantia orationis
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