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ignobilitas

ignobilitas, want of fame, obscurity

ignōbĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [ignobilis].
  • 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.

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