elegans

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === 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 ==== ēligāns ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈeː.ɫɛ.ɡãːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.le.ɡans] ==== Adjective ==== ēlegāns (genitive ēlegantis, comparative ēlegantior, superlative ēlegantissimus, adverb ēleganter); third-declension one-termination adjective fine, elegant, handsome Synonyms: opulēns, splendidus, lautus tasteful fastidious, critical discriminating, polite ===== Inflection ===== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === Present active participle of ēlēgō ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eːˈɫeː.ɡãːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈlɛː.ɡans] ==== Participle ==== ēlēgāns (genitive ēlēgantis); third-declension one-termination participle bequeathing away (out of the family) ===== Inflection ===== Third-declension one-termination adjective. === 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.