nobilissimus
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English
Etymology
Noun
nobilissimus (plural nobilissimi)
- A senior title of nobility conferred on members of the Roman and Byzantine imperial families.
- 1979. Michael Psellus. Fourteen Byzantine Rulers..., p. 146:[1]
- Changing my manner somewhat, I began with gentle censure of the Nobilissimus.
- 1979. Michael Psellus. Fourteen Byzantine Rulers..., p. 146:[1]
References
- ^ Michael Psellus. Byzantine Rulers: The Chronographia of Michael Penguin Classics 1979, p. 146.
Latin
Adjective
nōbilissimus (feminine nōbilissima, neuter nōbilissimum); first/second declension
- superlative degree of nōbilis
- 1st century BC, Caesar, De bello Gallico, I.ii:
- Apud Helvetios longe nobilissimus fuit et ditissimus Orgetorix.
- By far the noblest and wealthiest man among the Helvetii was Orgetorix.
- 1st century BC, Caesar, De bello Gallico, I.ii:
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | nōbilissimus | nōbilissima | nōbilissimum | nōbilissimī | nōbilissimae | nōbilissima | |
| Genitive | nōbilissimī | nōbilissimae | nōbilissimī | nōbilissimōrum | nōbilissimārum | nōbilissimōrum | |
| Dative | nōbilissimō | nōbilissimō | nōbilissimīs | ||||
| Accusative | nōbilissimum | nōbilissimam | nōbilissimum | nōbilissimōs | nōbilissimās | nōbilissima | |
| Ablative | nōbilissimō | nōbilissimā | nōbilissimō | nōbilissimīs | |||
| Vocative | nōbilissime | nōbilissima | nōbilissimum | nōbilissimī | nōbilissimae | nōbilissima | |
Descendants
- → Byzantine Greek: νωβελίσσιμος (nōbelíssimos)
References
- nobilissimus 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)
- Egbert, James Chidester. Introduction to the Study of Latin Inscriptions. American Book Co. 1896, p. 121.
- Allen, William Francis. Latin Lessons, E. Ginn, etc., etc. 1870. p. 77.