elegance Copy link Outline 1. ēlĕgantia (fine taste)2. mundĭtia, less freq. mundĭties, ēi (strictly, neatness; but usu. implying some adornment3. vĕnustas4. urbānĭtas (the e. and refinement of town-life)5. concinnĭtas (prop. of that which is marked by adjustment, fitness)6. ămoenĭtas (strictly, delightfulness)7. dĕcor[* ,] ōris • elegance: 1. ēlĕgantia (fine taste): wonderful e. of style, mira sermonis e., Quint. 10, 1, 114 (where he is speaking of Caesar): e. in the arrangement of hair, e. capilli, Plin. Join: elegantia et munditia (orationis), Cic. Or. 23, fin.: v. refinement, taste (good). 2. mundĭtia, less freq. mundĭties, ēi (strictly, neatness; but usu. implying some adornment: often pl., munditiae, arum): e. (of style) that is not over-done or far-fetched, m. non odiosa neque exquisita nimis, Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130 (cf. supr. 1): simple in thine e., simplex munditiis, Hor.: the pl. is also used contemptuously, v. finery. 3. vĕnustas: v. grace, beauty. 4. urbānĭtas (the e. and refinement of town-life): v. refinement. 5. concinnĭtas (prop. of that which is marked by adjustment, fitness): finished e. of style, ornata sententiarum c., Cic. Also used in inferior sense: see prettiness. 6. ămoenĭtas (strictly, delightfulness): not unsuitable e.s (of digressions), non intempestivae a., Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 4: e.s of expression, amoenitates verborum, Gell. 12, 1, fin. 7. dĕcor[* ,] ōris: v. grace.
ELEGANCE Copy link • ELEGANCEelegantia (fine taste in what is exterior; in composition, etc.): urbanitas (in manners): cultus amoenior (in dress): nitor (neatness, polish in style): concinnitas (with reference to symmetry, apt arrangement, etc.).