ignobilis Latin · revision 31471

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=280/260–before 200 BC, Livius Andronicus|origins=ine-pro *ǵneh₃-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪŋˈnoː.bɪ.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [iɲˈɲɔː.bi.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ignōbilis''' (neuter ignōbile, comparative ignōbilior); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from the negative prefix [[m|la|in-|t=not]] and [[nōbilis|t=known, famous, noble]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Leumann, followed by de Vaan, takes the negative form to be the older: it would be a derivative of a noun [[m|la|*gnō-bulum|t=landmark, sign of recognition]], and ⟨gnōbilis⟩ a back-formation from it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The root is that of [[nōscō|t=to get to know]], from [[ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-|t=to know]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Livius Andronicus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) In Plautus a character asks who this unknown person is who comes into his sight.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense is unknown, then little known or undistinguished, as Cicero's not undistinguished teacher of speaking.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) From Ennius on it is of low birth or humble station, opposed to the rich,^(OLD 2012) and in Cicero it can be inglorious or base, of a contemptible king.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “base, obscure, ignoble, inglorious”.^(Stelten 1995) English ''ignoble'', from French, is first recorded in the mid-15th century as “of low birth”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – First recorded in Livius Andronicus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of an unknown person.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of people of low birth.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of an undistinguished teacher and of a base king.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English [[m|en|ignoble]], through French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Not known, unknown.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Undistinguished, [[m|en|obscure]], unimportant.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of low birth or humble station, [[m|en|baseborn]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|inglorious|alt=Inglorious]], base, mean.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ignōbilitās]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nōbilis]]

+ * [[nōscō]]

+ * [[ignōtus]]

+ * [[en|ignoble]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}