nobilior
See also: Nobilior
Latin
Adjective
nōbilior (neuter nōbilius); third declension
- comparative degree of nōbilis
- 8 CE, Ovid, The Festivals 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.)
- ‘‘I am not [of] more noble birth [than he]: the location of my royal palace is in heaven,
- ‘nōn ego nōbilior: posita est mihi rēgia caelō,
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 | |
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