nobilis

nobilis

Latin

Etymology

From nōscō (“know, recognize”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnoː.bi.lis/, [ˈnoːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.bi.lis/, [ˈnɔːbilis]

Adjective

nōbilis (neuter nōbile, comparative nōbilior, superlative nōbilissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. noble, high-born

   Synonym: pulcher

2. distinct, able to be known, famous, celebrated

   Synonyms: conspicuus, distinctus, eximius, ēgregius, famosus, secretus, excellēns, praecipuus, insignis

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	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

• ignōbilis
• nōbilitās
• nōbiliter
• nōbilitō

 

Descendants

All borrowed

• Catalan: noble
• English: noble
• French: noble
• German: nobel
• Italian: nobile
• Portuguese: nobre
• Romanian: nobil
• Spanish: noble
• Swedish: nobel
• Dutch: nobel

References

• “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, 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
    
• nobilis in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. American Book Company, 1918, p. 538