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Latin
Etymology
From ēlegāns + -ia.
Pronunciation
Noun
ēlegantia f (genitive ēlegantiae); first declension
- elegance, taste, propriety, refinement, grace
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
Adjective
ēlegantia
- 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016