ignobilis

Latin

Etymology

Leumann 1977 hypothesizes that the term was originally constructed as in- -is (without) +‎ *gnō-b(u)lum (sign of recognition),[1][2] from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnoh₃-dʰlo-, from *ǵneh₃-,[3] the root of nōscō (to learn; know, recognize). Synchronically, it can be analyzed as in- (not; un-) +‎ nōbilis (celebrated; famous; noble).

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.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative ignōbilis ignōbile ignōbilēs ignōbilia
genitive ignōbilis ignōbilium
dative ignōbilī ignōbilibus
accusative ignōbilem ignōbile ignōbilīs
ignōbilēs
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

  1. ^ Leumann, Manu; Hofmann, Johann Baptist; Szantyr, Anton (1977), Lateinische Grammatik: Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre, CH Beck, § 312.5., page 349
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “nōscō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 413-414
  3. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*g̑neh₃-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 155:*g̑noh₃-dʰlo-
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  • ignobilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ignobilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.