LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

ignōbilitās

ignōbilitās f (genitive ignōbilitātis)

Meaning

  1. obscurity
  2. low birth

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeignōbilitāsignōbilitātēs
genitiveignōbilitātisignōbilitātum
dativeignōbilitātīignōbilitātibus
accusativeignōbilitātemignōbilitātēs
ablativeignōbilitāteignōbilitātibus
vocativeignōbilitāsignōbilitātēs

ignōbĭlĭtas, ātis, f. ignobilis.
I. Want of fame, obscurity (rare but class.): num igitur ignobilitas aut humilitas aut etiam popularis offensio sapientem beatum esse prohibebit? Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 103: virorum, Ov. M. 6, 319: artificis, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.—
II. Low birth, mean origin.
A. Lit. (rare but class.): multis viris fortibus ne ignobilitas generis obiceretur, Cic. Mur. 8, 17: hoc propter ignobilitatem paternam minus suspecto, Platorem occidit, Liv. 44, 30, 3.—
B. Transf., of things, inferior quality, badness: vini, Col. 3, 21, 10.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin ignōbilitās From ignōbilis + -tās.

Descendants
  • Englishignobility
  • Italianignobiltà
  • Frenchignobilitéfrom Middle French ignobilité
  • Portugueseignobilidade
  • Spanishinnobilidad

In English words that came into English from ignōbilitās

  • ignobilityignōbilitās

Quick answers

What does ignōbilitās mean in Latin?
ignōbilitās, a noun, means “obscurity; low birth”.
What is the genitive of ignōbilitās?
The genitive singular is ignōbilitātis. ignōbilitās is feminine, third declension.