ignobilis

ἀναρχία γάρ ἐστιν ἡ πλεισταρχία → the rule of the widest sway of opinion is the same as no rule at all (Gregory Nazianzenus, De vita sua 1744)

Latin > English (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.

ignōbĭlis,¹⁰ e (in, nobilis), inconnu, obscur : Cic. Tusc. 3, 57 ; Br. 315