nobilis
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From nōscō (“know, recognize”) + -bilis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnoː.bi.lis/, [ˈnoːbɪlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈno.bi.lis/, [ˈnɔːbilis]
Adjective
[edit]nōbilis (neuter nōbile, comparative nōbilior, superlative nōbilissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective
- noble, high-born
- distinct, able to be known, famous, celebrated
- Synonyms: conspicuus, distinctus, eximius, ēgregius, famosus, secretus, excellēns, praecipuus, insignis
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
singular | plural | ||||
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masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
nominative | nōbilis | nōbile | nōbilēs | nōbilia | |
genitive | nōbilis | nōbilium | |||
dative | nōbilī | nōbilibus | |||
accusative | nōbilem | nōbile | nōbilēs nōbilīs |
nōbilia | |
ablative | nōbilī | nōbilibus | |||
vocative | nōbilis | nōbile | nōbilēs | nōbilia |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- All borrowed
References
[edit]- “nobilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nobilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nobilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- nobilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- of illustrious family: nobili, honesto, illustri loco or genere natus
- the aristocracy (as a social class): nobiles; nobilitas; qui nobilitate generis excellunt
- of illustrious family: nobili, honesto, illustri loco or genere natus
- nobilis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. American Book Company, 1918, p. 538[3]