nobilitas

Latin > English

nobilitas nobilitatis N F :: nobility/noble class; (noble) birth/descent; fame/excellence; the nobles; rank

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

nōbĭlĭtas: ātis, f. nobilis.
I Celebrity, fame, renown (very rare): eam nobilitatem amittundam video, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 14: praedicationem nobilitatemque despicere, Cic. Arch. 11, 26: repentina, Liv. 1, 34; cf.: aliquem nobilitate praecurrere, Nep. Thras. 1, 3.—
II High or noble birth, nobility: ad illustrandam nobilitatem suam, Cic. Brut. 16, 62: nobilitate sui municipii facile primus, id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15; Ov. P. 4, 16, 44; Juv. 8, 20.—
   B Meton., the nobility, the nobles, the aristocracy: nobilitatis fautor, Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 16: omnis noster nobilitas interiit, Caes. B. G. 7, 38: nobilitas rempublicam deseruerat, Liv. 26, 12; opp. plebs, id. 6, 42: superbia commune nobilitatis malum, Sall. J. 64, 1; Luc. 3, 77.—With verb in plur.: namque coepere nobilitas dignitatem in dominationem vertere, Sall. J. 41, 5. —
   (b)    Plur.: Claudius nobilitatibus externis mitis, princes, Tac. A. 12, 20.—
III Noble or excellent quality, nobleness, excellence, superiority: cum florere Isocratem nobilitate discipulorum videret, Cic. de Or. 3, 35, 141: eloquio tantum nobilitatis inest, Ov. P. 2, 5, 56; Vell. 1, 4, 2: nobilitate ingenitā, Tac. A. 1, 29: prima croco Cilicio, Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 31: locorum, id. 3, 5, 6, § 40: columbarum, id. 10, 37, 53, § 110: obstetricum nobilitas (i. e. nobilissimae obstetrices), id. 28, 6, 18, § 67.—Prov.: nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus, Juv. 8, 20.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

nōbĭlĭtās,⁸ ātis, f. (nobilis),
1 notoriété, célébrité, renommée : Cic. Tusc. 2, 59 ; Arch. 26 ; Nep. Thras. 1, 3
2 noblesse, naissance noble [possession du jus imaginum ] : Cic. Amer. 16 ; Br. 62 ; Cæs. G. 7, 38, 2 ; Sall. J. 64, 1 ; ingenio ac virtute nobilitatem consequi Cic. Sest. 136, par son intelligence et ses talents conquérir [l’entrée dans] la noblesse || les nobles, l’aristocratie : Cic. Agr. 2, 6 ; Planc. 18 ; Balbo 51 ; Nat. 2, 9 ; Liv. 26, 12, 8
3 excellence, supériorité : Cic. de Or. 3, 141 ; Ov. P. 2, 5, 56 || distinction morale : Tac. Ann. 1, 29.

Latin > German (Georges)

nōbilitās, ātis, f. (nobilis), I) der weitverbreitete Name, der große Ruf, die Berühmtheit, Plaut. mil. 1324. Cic. Arch. 26: alqm nobilitate praecurrere, Nep. Thras, 1, 3. – II) der Adel, die vornehme Geburt, der vornehme Rang od. Stand, Cic. u.a.: equestris, der Ritteradel, Tac.: nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus, Iuven. – meton., a) = die Adeligen, Aristokraten, Cic. u.a. (s. Bentley) Lucan. 3, 77): Plur. nobilitates externae, Hoheiten, Fürsten, Tac. ann. 12, 20: qui caedibus (durch Hinrichtungen) nudant nobilitatibus civitatem, des Adels berauben, Arnob. 1, 64. – b) die Adelswürde, der adelige Sinn, nobilitate ingenitā, Tac. ann. 1, 29: ego tres plagas Spartanā nobilitate concoxi, mit spart. Gleichmut, Petron. 105, 5. – III) die edle Art, Vortrefflichkeit, Vorzüglichkeit, columbarum, Plin.: soli, Apul.: rosae, Plin.: signa summā nobilitate, Cic.: florere Isocratem nobilitate discipulorum, Cic.: n. mentis, Adel der Gesinnung, Fronto.

Latin > Chinese

nobilitas, atis. f. :: 貴。尊贵。諸大臣。 Venire in nobilitatem 得名聲。 Eloquio tantum nobilitatis inest 可見口才何高貴也。