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elegans

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See also: elegáns

Latin

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Etymology 1

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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

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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
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Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
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
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Etymology 2

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Present active participle of ēlēgō

Pronunciation

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Participle

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

  1. bequeathing away (out of the family)
Inflection
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Third-declension one-termination adjective.

References

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  • 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[1], 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