nihilo

Latin

Etymology 1

Noun

nihilō

  1. dative/ablative singular of nihilum

Etymology 2

Adverb

nihilō (not comparable)

  1. not, by no means
  2. none the less [with minus]
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.5:
      Post eius mortem nihilo minus Helvetii id quod constituerant facere conantur, ut e finibus suis exeant
      After his death the Helvetii none the less undertook to use that which they had already established so that they could leave their borders.

References

  • “nihilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nihilo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 3

Noun

nihilō m (genitive nihilōnis); third declension

  1. a good-for-nothing fellow
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative nihilō nihilōnēs
genitive nihilōnis nihilōnum
dative nihilōnī nihilōnibus
accusative nihilōnem nihilōnēs
ablative nihilōne nihilōnibus
vocative nihilō nihilōnēs

References

  • “nihilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nihilo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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