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arbiter elegantiarum

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English

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin arbiter (judge, noun) + Latin ēlegantiārum (of elegance, noun form) (genitive plural of ēlegantia); originally applied to Petronius in the court of Nero.

Noun

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arbiter elegantiarum (uncountable)

  1. An authority on manners or etiquette.
    • 1779, Samuel Johnson, Lives of the English Poets:
      We had many books to teach us our more important duties, and to settle opinions in philosophy or politicks ; but an Arbiter Elegantiarum, a judge of propriety, was yet wanting, who should survey the track of daily conversation, and free it from thorns and prickles, which teaze the passer, though they do not wound him.
    • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage, published 2007, page 114:
      in his inmost heart he desired to be something more than a mere arbiter elegantiarum, to be consulted on the wearing of a jewel, or the knotting of a necktie, or the conduct of a cane.
    • 2004, James T. Monroe, Hispano-Arabic Poetry, page 7:
      Modernism had been brought from the court of Hārūn ar-Rashīd by Ziryāb, the Persian singer who became an arbiter elegantiarum in the provincial capital of al-Andalus.

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈar.bi.ter eː.le.ɡan.tiˈaː.rum/, [ˈärbɪt̪ɛr eːɫ̪ɛɡän̪t̪iˈäːrʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈar.bi.ter e.le.ɡan.t͡siˈa.rum/, [ˈärbit̪er eleɡänt̪͡s̪iˈäːrum]
  • Hyphenation: ar‧bi‧ter ē‧le‧ɡan‧ti‧ā‧rum

Noun

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arbiter ēlegantiārum m (genitive arbitrī ēlegantiārum); second declension

  1. arbiter elegantiarum (authority on manners or etiquette)

Declension

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Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er) with an indeclinable portion.

singular plural
nominative arbiter ēlegantiārum arbitrī ēlegantiārum
genitive arbitrī ēlegantiārum arbitrōrum ēlegantiārum
dative arbitrō ēlegantiārum arbitrīs ēlegantiārum
accusative arbitrum ēlegantiārum arbitrōs ēlegantiārum
ablative arbitrō ēlegantiārum arbitrīs ēlegantiārum
vocative arbiter ēlegantiārum arbitrī ēlegantiārum

Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin arbiter ēlegantiārum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /arˈbi.tɛr ɛ.lɛ.ɡanˈtja.rum/
  • Syllabification: ar‧bi‧ter e‧le‧gan‧tia‧rum

Noun

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arbiter elegantiarum m pers

  1. arbiter elegantiarum (authority on manners or etiquette)

Declension

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