elegans

See also: elegáns

Latin

Etymology

From ēligō, as in "choosy".

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈeː.le.ɡans/, [ˈeː.ɫɛ.ɡãːs]

Adjective

ēlegāns (genitive ēlegantis); third declension

  1. fine, elegant, handsome
  2. tasteful
  3. fastidious, critical
  4. discriminating, polite

Inflection

Third declension.

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

Descendants

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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