elegans
See also: elegáns
Latin
See also: ēligēns
Etymology 1
Probably collateral to ēligēns, present participle of ēligo (“to pick out, to choose”).
Alternative forms
- ēligāns
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈeː.le.ɡans/, [ˈeːɫ̪ɛɡä̃ːs̠]
- (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
- → Catalan: elegant
- → English: elegant
- → French: élégant
- → Galician: elegante
- → Italian: elegante
- → Occitan: elegant
- → Portuguese: elegante
- → Spanish: elegante
- → Swedish: elegans
- → Romanian: elegant
Etymology 2
Present active participle of ēlēgō
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈleː.ɡans/, [eːˈɫ̪eːɡä̃ːs̠]
- (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)