elegantia

Latin

Etymology

From ēlegāns +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eː.leˈɡan.ti.a/, [eːɫ̪ɛˈɡän̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.leˈɡan.t͡si.a/, [eleˈɡänt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

ēlegantia f (genitive ēlegantiae); first declension

1. elegance, taste, propriety, refinement, grace

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ēlegantia	ēlegantiae
Genitive	ēlegantiae	ēlegantiārum
Dative	ēlegantiae	ēlegantiīs
Accusative	ēlegantiam	ēlegantiās
Ablative	ēlegantiā	ēlegantiīs
Vocative	ēlegantia	ēlegantiae

Derived terms

• Catalan: elegància
• French: élégance
  • → English: elegance
  • → Romanian: eleganță
  • → Turkish: elegans
• Friulian: elegance
• Galician: elegancia
• Italian: eleganza
• Piedmontese: elegansa
• Portuguese: elegância
• Spanish: elegancia

Adjective

ēlegantia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of ēlegāns

References

• “elegantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “elegantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• elegantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) logical minuteness, precision: disserendi elegantia
    
  • (ambiguous) he possesses sound judgment in matters of taste: elegantia in illo est
    
  • (ambiguous) tasteful description: elegantia orationis
    
• elegantia in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016