nobilior

nobilior

See also: Nobilior

Latin

Adjective

nōbilior (neuter nōbilius); third declension

1. comparative degree of nōbilis
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.599-600:

     ‘nōn ego nōbilior: posita est mihi rēgia caelō,
     possidet alter aquās, alter ināne chaos’

     ‘‘I am not [of] more noble birth [than he]: the location of my royal palace is in heaven,
     [and] one [brother] possesses the waters, [and yet] another the vacant Underworld.’’
     (Jupiter (mythology) replies to Demeter/Ceres (mythology) about the abduction of their daughter Persephone/Proserpina by the god of the Underworld, Dīs Pater.)

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	nōbilior	nōbilius		nōbiliōrēs	nōbiliōra
Genitive	nōbiliōris			nōbiliōrum
Dative	nōbiliōrī			nōbiliōribus
Accusative	nōbiliōrem	nōbilius		nōbiliōrēs	nōbiliōra
Ablative	nōbiliōre			nōbiliōribus
Vocative	nōbilior	nōbilius		nōbiliōrēs	nōbiliōra