nobilior

See also: Nobilior

Latin

Adjective

nōbilior (comparative, neuter nōbilius); third declension

  1. comparative degree of nōbilis
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.599–600:
      ‘nōn ego nōbilior: posita est mihi rēgia caelō,
      possidet alter aquās, alter ināne chaos’
      ‘‘I am not [of] more noble birth [than he]: the location of my royal palace is in heaven,
      [and] one [brother] possesses the waters, [and yet] another the vacant Underworld.’’
      (Jupiter (mythology) replies to Demeter/Ceres (mythology) about the abduction of their daughter Persephone/Proserpina by the god of the Underworld, Dīs Pater.)

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative nōbilior nōbilius nōbiliōrēs nōbiliōra
genitive nōbiliōris nōbiliōrum
dative nōbiliōrī nōbiliōribus
accusative nōbiliōrem nōbilius nōbiliōrēs
nōbiliōrīs 		nōbiliōra
ablative nōbiliōre
nōbiliōrī 		nōbiliōribus
vocative nōbilior nōbilius nōbiliōrēs nōbiliōra
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