nonnihil

Latin

Etymology

Univerbation of nōn (“not”) +‎ nihil (“nothing”).

Pronunciation

Noun

nōnnihil n (indeclinable)

  1. A certain amount

Adverb

nonnihil (not comparable)

  1. In some measure; somewhat

References

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