annihilo
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ad- + nihil (“nothing”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /anˈni.hi.loː/, [änˈni(ɦ)ɪɫ̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /anˈni.i.lo/, [änˈniːilo]
Verb
annihilō (present infinitive annihilāre, perfect active annihilāvī, supine annihilātum); first conjugation
- (Late Latin, transitive) I bring to nothing, annihilate, obliterate, destroy utterly, benothing.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
- Catalan: anihilar
- English: annihilate
- French: annihiler
- German: annihilieren
- Italian: annichilire
- Portuguese: aniquilar
- Romanian: anihila
- Spanish: aniquilar
References
- “annihilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- annihilo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.