nobility
nobility
subs.
High birth: P. and V. γενναιότης, ἡ, τὸ γενναῖον. εὐγένεια, ἡ (Plat.).
Eminence: P. and V. τῑμή, ἡ, ἀξίωμα, τό, δόξᾰ, ἡ.
Nobility of character: P. and V. γενναιότης, ἡ, τὸ γενναῖον, Ar. and P. ἀνδρᾰγᾰθία, ἡ, P. μεγαλοφροσύνη, ἡ.
Nobility of appearance: P. and V. σεμνότης, ἡ.
The nobility, the nobles: use P. οἱ δυνατώτατοι.
subs.
High birth: P. and V. γενναιότης, ἡ, τὸ γενναῖον. εὐγένεια, ἡ (Plat.).
Eminence: P. and V. τῑμή, ἡ, ἀξίωμα, τό, δόξᾰ, ἡ.
Nobility of character: P. and V. γενναιότης, ἡ, τὸ γενναῖον, Ar. and P. ἀνδρᾰγᾰθία, ἡ, P. μεγαλοφροσύνη, ἡ.
Nobility of appearance: P. and V. σεμνότης, ἡ.
The nobility, the nobles: use P. οἱ δυνατώτατοι.
NOBILITY
Noble birth rank etc. generosa stirps (nobility of birth); nobilitas genus nobile (descent from ancestors who bore offices of state whether patrician or plebeian by birth): nobilitas equestris natalium splendor equester (of the order of knights; Vid: Gierig. Plin. Ep. 10 3 5): old nobility generis antiquitas vetus nobilitas avita nobilitas: new nobility nobilitas nova novitas: one of the new nobility homo novus or a se ortus: a man of high nobility antiquo genere natus veteris prosapiae et multarum imaginum (Sall. Jug. 85 10); sanguine avito nobilis (Propertius 2 22 23): to be of the nobility nobili loco natum esse: to be of old nobility generis antiquitate florere multarum imaginum esse: to be of new nobility a se ortum esse una imagine esse nobilem: to be of high nobility summo loco natum esse.
Nobleness of mind animi splendor (innate): generositas; ingenuitas (by education). Virtue is true nobility ex virtute fit nobilitas (☞ Liv. 34).
The nobles nobilitas; (homines) nobiles. The higher nobility nobiles majorum gentium: the lower nobility nobiles or patricii minorum gentium.
Noble birth rank etc. generosa stirps (nobility of birth); nobilitas genus nobile (descent from ancestors who bore offices of state whether patrician or plebeian by birth): nobilitas equestris natalium splendor equester (of the order of knights; Vid: Gierig. Plin. Ep. 10 3 5): old nobility generis antiquitas vetus nobilitas avita nobilitas: new nobility nobilitas nova novitas: one of the new nobility homo novus or a se ortus: a man of high nobility antiquo genere natus veteris prosapiae et multarum imaginum (Sall. Jug. 85 10); sanguine avito nobilis (Propertius 2 22 23): to be of the nobility nobili loco natum esse: to be of old nobility generis antiquitate florere multarum imaginum esse: to be of new nobility a se ortum esse una imagine esse nobilem: to be of high nobility summo loco natum esse.
Nobleness of mind animi splendor (innate): generositas; ingenuitas (by education). Virtue is true nobility ex virtute fit nobilitas (☞ Liv. 34).
The nobles nobilitas; (homines) nobiles. The higher nobility nobiles majorum gentium: the lower nobility nobiles or patricii minorum gentium.
nobility:
I. Nobleness of birth or rank: nōbĭlĭtas (strictly the status of families whose members had held curule offices): to shed lustre on one's n., n. suam illustrare, Cic. Br. 16, 62: Sall.: equestrian n. (rank), equestris n., Tac. Agr. 4. (Or expr. by generosus, nobilis, etc.: v.NOBLE , I.)
II. Collectively, those of noble rank:
1. nōbĭlĭtas (cf. supr. I.): a partisan of the n., nobilitatis fautor, Cic. R. Am. 6, 16: pride, the common vice of n., superbia commune malum nobilitatis, Sall. Jug. 64: Caes.
2. nōbĭles, ium (cf. supr. I.): the rank of all the n., dignitas omnium n., Cic. R. Am. 6, 16: the sing. may also be used, but adjectively, Carthalo a Carthaginian noble, Carthalo Carthaginiensis n., Liv. 22, 58, med. (where Carthaginiensis is to be regarded as subs. and nobilis as adj., a Carth. of high rank): v.NOBLE .
3. optĭmātes, um and ium (the aristocracy): a commonwealth which is under the government of the n. (an aristocracy), civitas quae optimatium arbitrio regitur, Cic. Rep. 1, 26. Phr.: a member of the old n. (at Rome), homo veteris prosapiae ac multarum imaginum, Sall. Jug. 85, ad init.: I am not one of the old n., imagines non habeo et mihi nobilitas nova est, ib. med.
III. In ethical sense; elevation of mind: magnus, generosus, elatus animus: v.NOBLE , GENEROUS . (Not nobilitas in this sense.)
I. Nobleness of birth or rank: nōbĭlĭtas (strictly the status of families whose members had held curule offices): to shed lustre on one's n., n. suam illustrare, Cic. Br. 16, 62: Sall.: equestrian n. (rank), equestris n., Tac. Agr. 4. (Or expr. by generosus, nobilis, etc.: v.
II. Collectively, those of noble rank:
1. nōbĭlĭtas (cf. supr. I.): a partisan of the n., nobilitatis fautor, Cic. R. Am. 6, 16: pride, the common vice of n., superbia commune malum nobilitatis, Sall. Jug. 64: Caes.
2. nōbĭles, ium (cf. supr. I.): the rank of all the n., dignitas omnium n., Cic. R. Am. 6, 16: the sing. may also be used, but adjectively, Carthalo a Carthaginian noble, Carthalo Carthaginiensis n., Liv. 22, 58, med. (where Carthaginiensis is to be regarded as subs. and nobilis as adj., a Carth. of high rank): v.
3. optĭmātes, um and ium (the aristocracy): a commonwealth which is under the government of the n. (an aristocracy), civitas quae optimatium arbitrio regitur, Cic. Rep. 1, 26. Phr.: a member of the old n. (at Rome), homo veteris prosapiae ac multarum imaginum, Sall. Jug. 85, ad init.: I am not one of the old n., imagines non habeo et mihi nobilitas nova est, ib. med.
III. In ethical sense; elevation of mind: magnus, generosus, elatus animus: v.