elegans: urbanus (polite, polished): lautus (litterally, washed; hence purified from all that is mean or unbecoming; especially of mode of living, furniture, banquets, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) lautus et elegans (e.g., victus): concinnus (suitably and artistically arranged, with reference to symmetry, etc., of the countenance, language, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) concinnus et elegans (Cic.; of a person): bellus (pretty, etc.; of what in form, manner of action, etc., borders on the beautiful; of things and persons): comptus (ornamented; of language and orators). (The words are found in this connection and order.) nitidus et comtus. compositus (well put together; e.g., litterae; then, also, of orators and oratory). Elegant litterature or learning, litterae interiores, reconditae, exquisitae (litterae elegantes not found). ☞ Of style, elegans relates not to rhetorical ornaments, etc., but to selectness in the choice and use of words, as marking refined taste.