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ignobilitas

ignobilitas · f

Want of fame

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Where it lives

Opilius Macrinus 1 · 4.02/10k
Maximus et Balbinus 1 · 3.18/10k
C. Caligula 2 · 2.62/10k
De Paenitentia 1 · 2.45/10k
Maximini Duo 1 · 1.84/10k
Antoninus Heliogabalus 1 · 1.73/10k
De idolatria 1 · 1.45/10k
Pro L. Murena 1 · 0.95/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 1 · 0.89/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 44 1 · 0.79/10k
Pro Sex. Roscio Amerino 1 · 0.75/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 3 · 0.53/10k

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ignōbĭlĭtas — Lewis & Short

ignōbĭlĭtas, ātis, f.ignobilis.

I Want of fame, obscurity (rare but class.): num igitur ignobilitas aut humilitas aut etiam popularis offensio sapientem beatum esse prohibebit? Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 103: virorum, Ov. M. 6, 319: artificis, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.—

II Low birth, mean origin.

A Lit. (rare but class.): multis viris fortibus ne ignobilitas generis obiceretur, Cic. Mur. 8, 17: hoc propter ignobilitatem paternam minus suspecto, Platorem occidit, Liv. 44, 30, 3.—

B Transf., of things, inferior quality, badness: vini, Col. 3, 21, 10.

In the wild

ignobilitatem Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 44 p32
ignobilitas Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 5.102.p2
ignobilitas Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 5.29
ignobilitatem Livy, Ab urbe condita 4.44.30.3
ignobilitatis Historia Augusta, Maximini Duo 9
ignobilitatem Cicero, Philippicae 3.15

6 of 30 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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