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.
