annihilo

Latin

Alternative forms

• adnihilō
• annichilō

Etymology

From ad- +‎ nihil (“nothing”) +‎ -ō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /anˈni.hi.loː/, [änˈni(ɦ)ɪɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈni.i.lo/, [änˈniːilo]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈni.ki.lo/, [änˈniːkilo]

Verb

annihilō (present infinitive annihilāre, perfect active annihilāvī, supine annihilātum); first conjugation

1. (Late Latin, transitive) to bring to nothing, annihilate, obliterate, destroy utterly, benothing
2. (Medieval Latin, transitive) to annul, invalidate

Conjugation

Conjugation of annihilō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	annihilō	annihilās	annihilat	annihilāmus	annihilātis	annihilant
	imperfect	annihilābam	annihilābās	annihilābat	annihilābāmus	annihilābātis	annihilābant
	future	annihilābō	annihilābis	annihilābit	annihilābimus	annihilābitis	annihilābunt
	perfect	annihilāvī	annihilāvistī	annihilāvit	annihilāvimus	annihilāvistis	annihilāvērunt, annihilāvēre
	pluperfect	annihilāveram	annihilāverās	annihilāverat	annihilāverāmus	annihilāverātis	annihilāverant
	future perfect	annihilāverō	annihilāveris	annihilāverit	annihilāverimus	annihilāveritis	annihilāverint
passive	present	annihilor	annihilāris, annihilāre	annihilātur	annihilāmur	annihilāminī	annihilantur
	imperfect	annihilābar	annihilābāris, annihilābāre	annihilābātur	annihilābāmur	annihilābāminī	annihilābantur
	future	annihilābor	annihilāberis, annihilābere	annihilābitur	annihilābimur	annihilābiminī	annihilābuntur
	perfect	annihilātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	annihilātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	annihilātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	annihilem	annihilēs	annihilet	annihilēmus	annihilētis	annihilent
	imperfect	annihilārem	annihilārēs	annihilāret	annihilārēmus	annihilārētis	annihilārent
	perfect	annihilāverim	annihilāverīs	annihilāverit	annihilāverīmus	annihilāverītis	annihilāverint
	pluperfect	annihilāvissem	annihilāvissēs	annihilāvisset	annihilāvissēmus	annihilāvissētis	annihilāvissent
passive	present	annihiler	annihilēris, annihilēre	annihilētur	annihilēmur	annihilēminī	annihilentur
	imperfect	annihilārer	annihilārēris, annihilārēre	annihilārētur	annihilārēmur	annihilārēminī	annihilārentur
	perfect	annihilātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	annihilātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	annihilā	—	—	annihilāte	—
	future	—	annihilātō	annihilātō	—	annihilātōte	annihilantō
passive	present	—	annihilāre	—	—	annihilāminī	—
	future	—	annihilātor	annihilātor	—	—	annihilantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		annihilāre	annihilāvisse	annihilātūrum esse	annihilārī	annihilātum esse	annihilātum īrī
participles		annihilāns	—	annihilātūrus	—	annihilātus	annihilandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		annihilandī	annihilandō	annihilandum	annihilandō	annihilātum	annihilātū

Synonyms

• annullō

Derived terms

• annihilātiō
• annihilātus

Descendants

• Catalan: anihilar
• English: annihilate
• French: annihiler
• Galician: aniquilar
• 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.
• annichilare in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “annihilare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 45