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“gentlemanlike, gentlemanly” in Latin
ingenuusnatural, indigenous; free-born, freeborn, of free birth; noble, upright, frank, candid, ingenuouslīberālisfreedom; dignified, honorable, befitting a freedman; generous, liberal, bountiful, ampleēlegānsfine, elegant, handsome; tasteful; fastidious, criticalurbānusof or belonging to a city; urban; fond of, or devoted to cities; cultivated, sophisticated, polished, refinedinēlegānsinelegant
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
gentlemanlike, gentlemanly
ingenuus: liberalis (becoming a free-born man, as opposed to a slave): honestus et liberalis (opposed to turpis et illiberalis): hominis ingenui et liberaliter educati (becoming one who is both by birth and breeding a gentleman): dignus homine nobili (Cic.; becoming one of noble birth): modestus ac verecundus (modest and respectful): elegans (showing taste, etc.; opposed to illiberalis, inelegans): urbanus (polite). Gentlemanlike pursuits, ingenua studia atque artes: gentlemanlike professions, quaestus liberales (opposed to quaestus sordidi, Cic., Off., 1, 41). In a gentlemanlike manner, ingenue.
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- What is the Latin word for gentlemanlike, gentlemanly?
- The usual Latin words for “gentlemanlike, gentlemanly” are ingenuus, līberālis, ēlegāns; also urbānus, inēlegāns. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.