ignobilis

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ (g)nōbilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ignōbilis (neuter ignōbile, comparative ignōbilior); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. unknown, obscure
  2. baseborn, of low birth, base-born, ignoble
    Synonyms: humilis, modicus, dēmissus

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative ignōbilis ignōbile ignōbilēs ignōbilia
Genitive ignōbilis ignōbilium
Dative ignōbilī ignōbilibus
Accusative ignōbilem ignōbile ignōbilēs
ignōbilīs		 ignōbilia
Ablative ignōbilī ignōbilibus
Vocative ignōbilis ignōbile ignōbilēs ignōbilia

Descendants
  • Catalan: innoble
  • English: ignoble
  • French: ignoble
  • Friulian: ignobil
  • Galician: innobre
  • Italian: ignobile
  • Occitan: ignòble
  • Portuguese: ignóbil
  • Romanian: ignobil
  • Spanish: innoble

References
  • “ignobilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ignobilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ignobilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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