οὐ τῷ πλήθει ἀλλὰ τῷ ἀξιώματι → not in numbers but in quality
illūstrĭa, æ, f., célébrité : Schol. Luc. 5, 207.
illūstria, ae, f. (illustris), die Berühmtheit, parentum, Schol. Bern. in Lucan. 5, 207: paterna, ibid. 6, 420.