nobilis

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. noble, high-born
  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

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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) 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
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