LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

inēlegāns

inēlegāns (genitive inēlegantis, adverb inēleganter)
Classical[ɪˈneː.ɫɛ.ɡãːs]Ecclesiastical[iˈnɛː.le.ɡans]

Meaning

  1. one terminationinelegant

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeinēlegānsinēlegānsinēlegāns
genitiveinēlegantisinēlegantisinēlegantis
dativeinēlegantīinēlegantīinēlegantī
accusativeinēleganteminēleganteminēlegāns
ablativeinēlegantī
inēlegante		inēlegantī
inēlegante		inēlegantī
inēlegante
vocativeinēlegānsinēlegānsinēlegāns
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeinēlegantēsinēlegantēsinēlegantia
genitiveinēlegantiuminēlegantiuminēlegantium
dativeinēlegantibusinēlegantibusinēlegantibus
accusativeinēlegantīs
inēlegantēs		inēlegantīs
inēlegantēs		inēlegantia
ablativeinēlegantibusinēlegantibusinēlegantibus
vocativeinēlegantēsinēlegantēsinēlegantia

ĭn-ēlĕgans, antis, adj.,
I. not choice or elegant; tasteless, inelegant (class.): orationis non inelegans copia, Cic. Brut. 81, 282: deliciae (with illepidae), Cat. 6, 2: odor non inelegans, a not unpleasant odor, Plin. 21, 25, 98, § 169.—
II. Transf., unreasonable, inconsistent (late Lat.): nam inelegans esse visum est ex heredis persona incipere obligationem, Gai. Inst. 3, 100.— Adv.: ĭnēlĕganter, not choicely, tastelessly, inelegantly: scribere, Cic. Brut. 26, 101; Gell. 17, 2, 26: dividere, without discrimination, without judgment, Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 26; Just. Inst. 1, 2, 10.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latininēlegāns

Latin ēlegāns Latin inēlegāns From in- + ēlegāns.

Descendants
  • Italianinelegante
  • Spanishinelegante

In English words that came into English from inēlegāns

  • inelegantinēlegāns

Quick answers

What does inēlegāns mean in Latin?
inēlegāns, a adjective, means “inelegant”.
How do you pronounce inēlegāns?
In classical Latin, [ɪˈneː.ɫɛ.ɡãːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [iˈnɛː.le.ɡans].
Where does inēlegāns come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin inēlegāns.