"elegans" meaning in Latin

See elegans in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈeː.le.ɡans/ [Classical], [ˈeːɫ̪ɛɡä̃ːs̠] [Classical], /ˈe.le.ɡans/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈɛːleɡäns] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|ēligō|-us|nocat=1|t1=to choose}} ēligō (“to choose”) + -us, {{m|la|occupō}} occupō Head templates: {{la-adj|ēlegāns|adv=ēleganter|comp=ēlegantior|sup=ēlegantissimus}} ēlegāns (genitive ēlegantis, comparative ēlegantior, superlative ēlegantissimus, adverb ēleganter); third-declension one-termination adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|ēlegāns}} Forms: ēlegāns [canonical], ēlegantis [genitive], ēlegantior [comparative], ēlegantissimus [superlative], ēleganter [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], ēlegāns [feminine, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], ēlegantēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], ēlegantia [neuter, nominative, plural], ēlegantis [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], ēlegantium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], ēlegantī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], ēlegantibus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], ēlegantem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], ēlegāns [accusative, neuter, singular], ēlegantēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], ēlegantia [accusative, neuter, plural], ēlegantī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], ēlegantibus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], ēlegāns [feminine, masculine, neuter, singular, vocative], ēlegantēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], ēlegantia [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. fine, elegant, handsome Tags: declension-3, one-termination Categories (topical): Appearance Synonyms: opulēns, splendidus, lautus
    Sense id: en-elegans-la-adj-yyaanJsB Disambiguation of Appearance: 73 6 6 15 0 Categories (other): Latin third declension adjectives of one termination Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of one termination: 34 15 23 28
  2. tasteful Tags: declension-3, one-termination
    Sense id: en-elegans-la-adj-2rFXOEpz Categories (other): Latin third declension adjectives of one termination Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of one termination: 34 15 23 28
  3. fastidious, critical Tags: declension-3, one-termination
    Sense id: en-elegans-la-adj-2H6ZjgAd Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin third declension adjectives of one termination Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 7 2 39 7 46 Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of one termination: 34 15 23 28
  4. discriminating, polite Tags: declension-3, one-termination
    Sense id: en-elegans-la-adj-XMjkc7tc Categories (other): Latin third declension adjectives of one termination Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of one termination: 34 15 23 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ēligāns
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /eːˈleː.ɡans/ [Classical], [eːˈɫ̪eːɡä̃ːs̠] [Classical], /eˈle.ɡans/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [eˈlɛːɡäns] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Present active participle of ēlēgō Etymology templates: {{m|la|ēlēgō}} ēlēgō Head templates: {{la-part|ēlēgāns}} ēlēgāns (genitive ēlēgantis); third-declension one-termination participle Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|ēlēgāns}} Forms: ēlēgāns [canonical], ēlēgantis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ēlēgāns [feminine, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], ēlēgantēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], ēlēgantia [neuter, nominative, plural], ēlēgantis [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], ēlēgantium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], ēlēgantī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], ēlēgantibus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], ēlēgantem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], ēlēgāns [accusative, neuter, singular], ēlēgantēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], ēlēgantia [accusative, neuter, plural], ēlēgantī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], ēlēgantibus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], ēlēgāns [feminine, masculine, neuter, singular, vocative], ēlēgantēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], ēlēgantia [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. bequeathing away (out of the family) Tags: active, declension-3, form-of, one-termination, participle, present Form of: ēlēgō
    Sense id: en-elegans-la-verb-RjNmD51x Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin third declension participles of one termination Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 7 2 39 7 46 Disambiguation of Latin third declension participles of one termination: 14 0 15 11 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "ēlēgō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bequeathing away (out of the family)"
      ],
      "id": "en-elegans-la-verb-RjNmD51x",
      "links": [
        [
          "bequeath",
          "bequeath"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "declension-3",
        "form-of",
        "one-termination",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eːˈleː.ɡans/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[eːˈɫ̪eːɡä̃ːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈle.ɡans/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[eˈlɛːɡäns]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "elegans"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin non-lemma forms",
    "Latin participles",
    "Latin present participles",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension adjectives",
    "Latin third declension adjectives of one termination",
    "Latin third declension participles",
    "Latin third declension participles of one termination",
    "la:Appearance"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "elegant",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: elegant",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: elegant"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "elegant",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: elegant",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: elegant"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "élégant",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: élégant",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: élégant"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "elegante",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: elegante",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: elegante"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "elegant",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: elegant",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: elegant"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "elegante",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: elegante",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: elegante"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "elegant",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Occitan: elegant",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Occitan: elegant"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "elegante",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: elegante",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: elegante"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "elegante",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: elegante",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: elegante"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "elegans",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: elegans",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: elegans"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "elegant",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: elegant",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: elegant"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ēligō",
        "3": "-us",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t1": "to choose"
      },
      "expansion": "ēligō (“to choose”) + -us",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "occupō"
      },
      "expansion": "occupō",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
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    {
      "form": "ēlegāns",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlegantis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlegantior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlegantissimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēleganter",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlegāns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlegantēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlegantia",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlegantis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlegantium",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlegantī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlegantibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlegantem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlegāns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlegantēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlegantia",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlegantī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlegantibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlegāns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlegantēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlegantia",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ēlegāns",
        "adv": "ēleganter",
        "comp": "ēlegantior",
        "sup": "ēlegantissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "ēlegāns (genitive ēlegantis, comparative ēlegantior, superlative ēlegantissimus, adverb ēleganter); third-declension one-termination adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ēlegāns"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fine, elegant, handsome"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fine",
          "fine"
        ],
        [
          "elegant",
          "elegant"
        ],
        [
          "handsome",
          "handsome"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "opulēns"
        },
        {
          "word": "splendidus"
        },
        {
          "word": "lautus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "one-termination"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tasteful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tasteful",
          "tasteful"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "one-termination"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fastidious, critical"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fastidious",
          "fastidious"
        ],
        [
          "critical",
          "critical"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "one-termination"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "discriminating, polite"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "discriminating",
          "discriminating"
        ],
        [
          "polite",
          "polite"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "one-termination"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeː.le.ɡans/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈeːɫ̪ɛɡä̃ːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.le.ɡans/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɛːleɡäns]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ēligāns"
    }
  ],
  "word": "elegans"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin non-lemma forms",
    "Latin participles",
    "Latin present participles",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension participles",
    "Latin third declension participles of one termination",
    "la:Appearance"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ēlēgō"
      },
      "expansion": "ēlēgō",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Present active participle of ēlēgō",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ēlēgāns",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlēgantis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlēgāns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlēgantēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlēgantia",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlēgantis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlēgantium",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlēgantī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlēgantibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlēgantem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlēgāns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlēgantēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlēgantia",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlēgantī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlēgantibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlēgāns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlēgantēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēlēgantia",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ēlēgāns"
      },
      "expansion": "ēlēgāns (genitive ēlēgantis); third-declension one-termination participle",
      "name": "la-part"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ēlēgāns"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "ēlēgō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bequeathing away (out of the family)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bequeath",
          "bequeath"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "declension-3",
        "form-of",
        "one-termination",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eːˈleː.ɡans/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[eːˈɫ̪eːɡä̃ːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈle.ɡans/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[eˈlɛːɡäns]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "elegans"
}
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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: elegans/Latin 'Number' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "elegans"
  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "elegans",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: elegans/Latin 'Number' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "elegans"
  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "participle",
  "title": "elegans",
  "trace": ""
}

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