elegantia

Latin

Etymology

From ēlegāns +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /eː.leˈɡan.ti.a/, [eːɫ̪ɛˈɡän̪t̪iä]
  • (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

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, 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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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