elegans

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

ēlegāns antis, adj.with comp.and sup.

for ēligēns, P. of eligo, accustomed to select, fastidious, nice, delicate : heia, ut elegans est!T.: qui se elegantīs dici volunt: elegantissimus poëta, N.— Select, choice, neat, finished, tasteful, elegant : a te elegantiora desidero: elegantissimae familiae: opus: genus (iocandi).