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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈeː.le.ɡans/, [ˈeːɫ̪ɛɡä̃ːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.le.ɡans/, [ˈɛːleɡäns]
Adjective
ēlegāns (genitive ēlegantis, comparative ēlegantior, superlative ēlegantissimus, adverb ēleganter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- fine, elegant, handsome
- Synonyms: opulēns, splendidus, lautus
- tasteful
- fastidious, critical
- 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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈleː.ɡans/, [eːˈɫ̪eːɡä̃ːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈle.ɡans/, [eˈlɛːɡäns]
Participle
ēlēgāns (genitive ēlēgantis); third-declension one-termination participle
- 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
- a fine, practised ear: aures elegantes, teretes, tritae (De Or. 9. 27)
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