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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 6 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• nobility:
    1. 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.)
    2. II. Collectively, those of noble rank:
      1. 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. 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. 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.
    3. III. In ethical sense; elevation of mind: magnus, generosus, elatus animus: v. noble, generous. (Not nobilitas in this sense.)
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• 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.