arbiter elegantiarum
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]arbiter elegantiarum (uncountable)
- 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.
Translations
[edit]authority on manners or etiquette
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Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (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
[edit]arbiter ēlegantiārum m (genitive arbitrī ēlegantiārum); second declension
- arbiter elegantiarum (authority on manners or etiquette)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er) with an indeclinable portion.
singular | plural | |
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin arbiter ēlegantiārum.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]arbiter elegantiarum m pers
- arbiter elegantiarum (authority on manners or etiquette)
Declension
[edit]This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
[edit]- arbiter elegantiarum in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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