"elegans" meaning in Latin

See elegans in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈeː.le.ɡans/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈeːɫ̪ɛɡä̃ːs̠] [Classical-Latin], /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 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: 52 45 1 1 0 Categories (other): Latin third declension adjectives of one termination Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of one termination: 32 28 16 25
  2. tasteful Tags: declension-3, one-termination Categories (topical): Appearance
    Sense id: en-elegans-la-adj-2rFXOEpz Disambiguation of Appearance: 52 45 1 1 0 Categories (other): Latin third declension adjectives of one termination Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of one termination: 32 28 16 25
  3. fastidious, critical Tags: declension-3, one-termination
    Sense id: en-elegans-la-adj-2H6ZjgAd Categories (other): Latin third declension adjectives of one termination Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of one termination: 32 28 16 25
  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: 32 28 16 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ēligāns
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /eːˈleː.ɡans/ [Classical-Latin], [eːˈɫ̪eːɡä̃ːs̠] [Classical-Latin], /eˈle.ɡans/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [eˈlɛːɡäns] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Present active participle of 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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 7 2 33 7 51 Disambiguation of Latin third declension participles of one termination: 12 8 6 9 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 0 10 9 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 0 7 7 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "text": "→ Swedish: elegans"
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      "form": "ēleganter",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "_dis": "32 28 16 25",
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      "glosses": [
        "fine, elegant, handsome"
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      "id": "en-elegans-la-adj-yyaanJsB",
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        [
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        [
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "opulēns"
        },
        {
          "word": "splendidus"
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          "word": "lautus"
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      "glosses": [
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      "id": "en-elegans-la-adj-2rFXOEpz",
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      "glosses": [
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      "id": "en-elegans-la-adj-2H6ZjgAd",
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      "ipa": "/ˈeː.le.ɡans/",
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        "Classical-Latin"
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      "ipa": "[ˈeːɫ̪ɛɡä̃ːs̠]",
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        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈe.le.ɡans/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɛːleɡäns]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ēligāns"
    }
  ],
  "word": "elegans"
}

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      "form": "ēlēgantis",
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        "genitive"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "singular"
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ēlēgantēs",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ēlēgantia",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "bequeathing away (out of the family)"
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          "bequeath"
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      "ipa": "/eːˈleː.ɡans/",
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        "Classical-Latin"
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      "ipa": "[eːˈɫ̪eːɡä̃ːs̠]",
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        "Classical-Latin"
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      "ipa": "/eˈle.ɡans/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[eˈlɛːɡäns]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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}
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          "name": "desc"
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "elegante",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Galician: elegante",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "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"
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          "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"
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          "expansion": "→ Swedish: elegans",
          "name": "desc"
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "elegant",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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        "fine, elegant, handsome"
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          "fine"
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        {
          "word": "opulēns"
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        {
          "word": "splendidus"
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          "word": "lautus"
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        "one-termination"
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          "tasteful"
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        "declension-3",
        "one-termination"
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          "fastidious"
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          "critical",
          "critical"
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        "declension-3",
        "one-termination"
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      "glosses": [
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        "Classical-Latin"
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      "ipa": "[ˈeːɫ̪ɛɡä̃ːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
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      "ipa": "/ˈe.le.ɡans/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɛːleɡäns]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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    "la:Appearance"
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  "etymology_number": 2,
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        "nominative",
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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        "plural"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "feminine",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    {
      "form": "ēlēgantēs",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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          "word": "ēlēgō"
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        "bequeathing away (out of the family)"
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        "Classical-Latin"
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      "ipa": "[eːˈɫ̪eːɡä̃ːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/eˈle.ɡans/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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    {
      "ipa": "[eˈlɛːɡäns]",
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  ],
  "word": "elegans"
}

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