nihilum
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
nihilum n (genitive nihilī); second declension
- 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.
- 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
Inflection[edit]
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nihilum | nihila |
| genitive | nihilī | nihilōrum |
| dative | nihilō | nihilīs |
| accusative | nihilum | nihila |
| ablative | nihilō | nihilīs |
| vocative | nihilum | nihila |
References[edit]
- nihilum in Charlton T. Lewis & 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 (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a thing costs nothing: aliquid nihilo or gratis constat
- a thing costs nothing: aliquid nihilo or gratis constat
- Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
