nihilum

Latin

Etymology

From ne- +‎ hilum

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.hi.lum/, [ˈnɪ.hɪ.ɫũ]

Noun

nihilum n (genitive nihilī); second declension

1. nothing

   Et possidebunt illam onocrotalus et ericius et ibis et corvus habitabunt in ea et extendetur super eam mensura ut redigatur ad nihilum et perpendiculum in desolationem

   The bittern and ericius shall possess it: and the ibis and the raven shall dwell in it: and a line shall be stretched out upon it, to bring it to nothing, and a plummet, unto desolation. Isaias 34:11.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	nihilum	nihila
genitive	nihilī	nihilōrum
dative	nihilō	nihilīs
accusative	nihilum	nihila
ablative	nihilō	nihilīs
vocative	nihilum	nihila

References

• nihilum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nihilum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “nihilum” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a thing costs nothing: aliquid nihilo or gratis constat
    
• Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.