nobilis

From nōscō (“know, recognize”) +‎ -bilis.

Cognate with Russian зна́тный (znátnyj) (< знать (znatʹ)).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnoː.bɪ.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔː.bi.lis]

nōbilis (neuter nōbile, comparative nōbilior, superlative nōbilissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. noble, high-born
2. distinct, able to be known, famous, celebrated

   Synonyms: conspicuus, distinctus, eximius, ēgregius, fāmōsus, sēcrētus, excellēns, praecipuus, insignis

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

• “nobilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nobilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "nobilis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• nobilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • of illustrious family: nobili, honesto, illustri loco or genere natus
    
  • the aristocracy (as a social class): nobiles; nobilitas; qui nobilitate generis excellunt
    
• nobilis in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. American Book Company, 1918, p. 538[3]