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ignobilis

unknown; of low birth

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Where it lives

Griphus Ternarii numeri 1 · 9.35/10k
Ludus Septem Sapientum 1 · 7.58/10k
Firmus Saturninus, Proculus et Bonosus 1 · 4.32/10k
Vitellius 1 · 4.15/10k
Opilius Macrinus 1 · 4.02/10k
Clodius Albinus 1 · 3.7/10k
Maximini Duo 2 · 3.69/10k
Maximus et Balbinus 1 · 3.18/10k
De Carne Christi 3 · 3.16/10k
Mosella 1 · 3.08/10k
Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 1 · 2.74/10k
Gallieni Duo 1 · 2.72/10k

Densest 12 of 82 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ignobilis — de Vaan

ignobilis 'unknown; of low birth' (Andr.+), ignobilitas 'humble origin; obscurity' (Lucil.+); agnoscere 'to recognize, acknowledge' (P1.+), cognoscere 'to get to know' (P1.+), cogndbilis 'understandable5 (Cato+), cognitus 'known (from experience)' (Pac.+), incognitas 'unheard, uninvestigated' (Cic.+), Tgnoscere 'to forgive' (P1.+), — [de Vaan, s.v. ignobilis, p. 427]

2. ignōbĭlis — Lewis & Short

ignōbĭlis, e, adj.in-nobilis (gno-),

I unknown.

I Lit., in gen. (mostly anteclass.): ubi ego Sosia nolim esse, tu esto sane Sosia; nunc, quando ego sum, vapulabis, ni hinc abis, ignobilis, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 284: quis hic est qui oculis meis ob viam ignobilis obicitur? id. Ps. 2, 1, 18: peregrina facies hominis atque ignobilis, id. ib. 4, 2, 9.—

II Esp.

A Unknown to fame, not renowned, undistinguished, obscure (class.): quod inglorius sit atque ignobilis ad supremum diem perventurus, Cic. Tusc. 3, 24, 57: humilis in plebe et ideo ignobilis puerpera, Plin. 7, 36, 36, § 121: non ignobilis dicendi magister, Cic. Brut. 91, 315: ignobilis aevum exigeret, Verg. A. 7, 776: maritus, unknown, App. M. 5, p. 160: ignobilissimi artifices, Plin. 35, 4, 10, § 28: civitas ignobilis atque humilis Eburonum, obscure and insignificant, * Caes. B. G. 5, 28, 1: facies, Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 9: vinum ignobilius, Plin. 23, 1, 20, § 34: M. Fulcinius Romae argentariam non ignobilem fecit, Cic. Caecin. 4, 10.—

B Of low birth, base-born, ignoble (class.): ex aliqua familia non ignobili, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28: virgo, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 70: vulgus, Verg. A. 1, 149: agmen, Liv. 10, 20: regnum Tulli, Hor. S. 1, 6, 9: hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis et modo Romae municipalis eques, Juv. 8, 287.—Adv.: ignōbĭlĭter (late Lat.), meanly: sepultum, Eutr. 7, 23: aedes fastigiata, Sol. 56, 16.

In the wild

ignobili Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.29.18.6
ignobilem Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 5.113
ignobiles Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.30.19.10
ignobiles Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 9.6.14
ignobili Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 15.4.a
ignobilem Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 9.4.90

6 of 220 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. ignobilis (scan p. 427; entry #1162).
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. ignObilis (scan p. 332; entry #5244).

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