nobilissimus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin nōbilissimus, superlative of nōbilis (“noble”). === Noun === nobilissimus (plural nobilissimi) A senior title of nobility conferred on members of the Roman and Byzantine imperial families. 1979. Michael Psellus. Fourteen Byzantine Rulers..., p. 146: Changing my manner somewhat, I began with gentle censure of the Nobilissimus. === References === == Latin == === Adjective === nōbilissimus (superlative, feminine nōbilissima, neuter nōbilissimum); first/second declension superlative degree of nōbilis 1st century BC, Caesar, De bello Gallico, I.ii: ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== → Byzantine Greek: νωβελίσσιμος (nōbelíssimos) ==== References ==== "nobilissimus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) Egbert, James Chidester. Introduction to the Study of Latin Inscriptions. American Book Co. 1896, p. 121.[2] Allen, William Francis. Latin Lessons, E. Ginn, etc., etc. 1870. p. 77.[3]