nobilissimus

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

nobilissimus (plural nobilissimi)

1. A senior title of nobility conferred on members of the Roman and Byzantine imperial families.
   • 1979. Michael Psellus. Fourteen Byzantine Rulers..., p. 146:

     Changing my manner somewhat, I began with gentle censure of the Nobilissimus.

Latin

Adjective

nōbilissimus (superlative, feminine nōbilissima, neuter nōbilissimum); first/second declension

1. superlative degree of nōbilis
   • 1st century BC, Caesar, De bello Gallico, I.ii:

     Apud Helvetios longe nobilissimus fuit et ditissimus Orgetorix.

     By far the noblest and wealthiest man among the Helvetii was Orgetorix.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nōbilissimus	nōbilissima	nōbilissimum		nōbilissimī	nōbilissimae	nōbilissima
genitive	nōbilissimī	nōbilissimae	nōbilissimī		nōbilissimōrum	nōbilissimārum	nōbilissimōrum
dative	nōbilissimō	nōbilissimae	nōbilissimō		nōbilissimīs
accusative	nōbilissimum	nōbilissimam	nōbilissimum		nōbilissimōs	nōbilissimās	nōbilissima
ablative	nōbilissimō	nōbilissimā	nōbilissimō		nōbilissimīs
vocative	nōbilissime	nōbilissima	nōbilissimum		nōbilissimī	nōbilissimae	nōbilissima

Descendants

• → Byzantine Greek: νωβελίσσιμος (nōbelíssimos)

References

• "nobilissimus", 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)
• Egbert, James Chidester. Introduction to the Study of Latin Inscriptions. American Book Co. 1896, p. 121.[2]
• Allen, William Francis. Latin Lessons, E. Ginn, etc., etc. 1870. p. 77.[3]