nihilum
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Univerbation of ne- + hīlum; both the lack of elision of the first vowel and the shortening of the second are unexpected.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈni.hi.lum/, [ˈni(ɦ)ɪɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈniː.lum/, [ˈniːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈni.ki.lum/, [ˈniːkilum]
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
- (of) no value (in the genitive singular)
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | nihilum | nihila |
Genitive | nihilī | nihilōrum |
Dative | nihilō | nihilīs |
Accusative | nihilum | nihila |
Ablative | nihilō | nihilīs |
Vocative | nihilum | nihila |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- 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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (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.
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- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook