ignobilis

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ (g)nōbilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iɡˈnoː.bi.lis/, [ɪŋˈnoːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iɲˈɲo.bi.lis/, [iɲˈɲɔːbilis]

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

Related terms

• ignōbilitas

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.