NOBIS, nobis
Sounds Like: NOH-bis
Translations: (to) us, (for) us, (by) us, (with) us, (from) us
From the root: NOS
Part of Speech: Pronoun
Explanation: NOBIS is the first-person plural pronoun, serving as the dative or ablative case of 'NOS' (we/us). In the dative case, it indicates the indirect object, meaning 'to us' or 'for us'. In the ablative case, it can express various relationships such as 'by us', 'with us', or 'from us', depending on the context and any accompanying prepositions.
Inflection: Plural, First Person, Dative or Ablative
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 5:56, 5:60, 6:68, 6:71, 6:73, 7:82, 8:90, 9:111
- Book Two — 5:56, 5:60, 6:68, 6:71, 6:73, 7:82, 8:90, 9:111
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 12:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, NOS.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- NOS — we, us
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