nobilito Latin · revision 34742

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=220–130 BC, Pacuvius|origins=la nōbilis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [noːˈbɪ.lɪ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [noˈbiː.li.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nōbilitō''' (present infinitive nōbilitāre, perfect active nōbilitāvī, supine nōbilitātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|nōbilis|-itō|t1=well known, famous; noble]], formed like [[m|la|dēbilitō]];^(Wiktionary) the OLD analyses it as the adjective with the verbal ending of the first conjugation.^(OLD 2012) De Vaan lists it among the derivatives of [[m|la|nōscō|t=to get to know]], which goes back to [[ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-|t=to know]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The earliest instance the OLD cites is in Pacuvius, ''quem fāma Grāia ante omnīs nōbilitat virōs'', “whom Greek fame makes renowned above all men”.^(OLD 2012) De Vaan records it from Terence on.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its main sense is to make famous or notorious, for good or ill: in Terence it is used of making a foolish young man notorious for his scandals, Cicero says that poets want to be made famous after death and speaks of the notorious cruelty of Phalaris, and Nepos says that Iphicrates became famous for his military discipline.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Livy uses it more plainly of making something generally known.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Velleius Paterculus it means to raise in rank, to [[m|en|ennoble]] a family of new men,^(OLD 2012) and Tacitus uses it of eloquence made grander by great contests.^(OLD 2012) Ecclesiastical Latin kept the sense of making illustrious.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius uses it of being made renowned.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of making someone notorious.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of poets' fame and of notorious cruelty.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of making something generally known.^(OLD 2012)

+ * c. 20 BC–30 AD – Velleius Paterculus uses it of ennobling.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of making eloquence grander.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make generally known, to call attention to.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make [[m|en|renowned]] or noted, for good or ill; to make [[m|en|notorious]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To raise in rank, to [[m|en|ennoble]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To make (style) grander or more majestic.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[innobilitatus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nōbilis]]

+ * [[nōbilitās]]

+ * [[nōbiliter]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}