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“noble” in Latin
nōbilisnoble, high-born; distinct, able to be known, famous, celebrated; known, famous; acquainted, familiargenerōsuswell-born, well-bred, noble; superior, excellent; generous, magnanimousingenuusnatural, indigenous; free-born, freeborn, of free birth; noble, upright, frank, candid, ingenuouslīberālisfreedom; dignified, honorable, befitting a freedman; generous, liberal, bountiful, amplehonestusfull of or regarded with honor; honorable; of high birth; noble; distinguished; respectable; eminent; bring or deservingbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant; right; usefulgenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type, class; species (general classification, as of living things), taxon (of aninōbilitāscelebrity, fame, renown; nobility (noble birth); nobleness
The English word noble itself goes back to Latin nōscō, through nōbilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
noble
Of high birth or descent, nobilis (genere); generosus. Noble birth, nobilitas: a noble family, generosa stirps: to be sprung from a noble family, generosa ab stirpe profectum esse; nobili genere natum esse.
Generous, ingenuous, generosus (of persons and their properties): ingenuus, liberalis (worthy of a gentleman, of sentiments, etc.; also = noble-minded): honestus (honorable, respectable): bonus (good, excellent; both of persons or things). A noble mind, animus ingenuus: noble sentiment, mens liberalis; ingenium liberale; animus ingenuus; liberalitas, ingenuitas: a noble spirit, animus bene a natura informatus, or bene constitutus (εὐφυής): a noble deed or exploit, *facinus liberale (after Ter., Ad., 3, 4, 3, facinus illiberale); facinus pulcherrimum, or praeclarum, or magnum et memorabile; res egregia. (☞ Facinus nobile would be = a well-known deed.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for noble?
- The usual Latin words for “noble” are nōbilis, generōsus, ingenuus; also līberālis, honestus, bonus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.