Lemma 1nihil

pronoun

Morphology2 analyses

neuter nominative singularnihi + l · regular

neuter accusative singularnihi + l · regular

Lewis & Short

key · nihilFull entry

nĭhil, or, i, n. [ne-hilum, not the least; v. hilum]

I.indecl.; and, or contr.

II.nĭhil, nothing.

(b).Nihil agere, to accomplish nothing. — In like manner, nihil per aliquem (sc. agere).

(g).Of persons.

(d).Nihil, nec. nec (without destroying the negation); neque. — Nihil non, everything. — Non nihil and haud nihil, something, somewhat. — Nihil quidquam or nihil unum, nothing whatever, nothing at all. — With gen. — Adjectives also, of the second declension as well as of the third, are not unfrequently joined to nihil in the same case, as nihil honestum, lautum, forte, illustre. — Nihil, or nihil aliud, with nisi, quam, praeter, praeterquam, etc., nothing else than, nothing except, nothing but. — Hence, as adv.: nihil aliud quam, only — Nihil. quin or quominus, nothing whereby: nihil praetermisi. quin Pompeium a Caesaris conjunctione avocarem, I have omitted nothing that might separate. — Nihil est quod, cur, quamobrem, etc., there is no reason why I (you, etc.) need not. — Nihil est, ut, there is nothing that. — Nihil est, it is of no use, to no purpose, in vain: at nihil est, ignotum ad illum mittere: operam luseris. — In a question. — Nihil ad me (sc. pertinet); also, nihil ad, nothing to, nothing in comparison with. — Nihil minus, nothing less so, i. e. by no means, not at all. — Nihil dum, nothing as yet. — Nihil mihi cum illo est, I have nothing to do with him. — Nihil esse, to be nothing or nobody, to have no power, to be of no use: (B. and K. nihili); but de Attio Dionysio nihil puto esse, nothing about him, i. e. no news of him. — Aut nihil aut paulum, little or nothing (Gr. ).

B.Adverb.

1.Not (as a strengthened non), in nothing, in no respect, not at all.

2.To no purpose, in vain.

3.For no reason: quorsum tandem aut cur ista quaeris? M Nihil sane, nisi ne nimis diligenter anquiras.

III.nĭhĭlum, i, n., nothing: quam mihi ista pro nihilol.

(b).Nihili, of no value, worthless: Müll.; nihili, qui nec hili quidem est. Paul. ex Müll.: nihili est autem suum Qui officium facere immemor est. — Hence, nihili pendere or facere, to esteem as nothing.

(g).De nihilo, for nothing, without cause or reason.

(d).Nihilo, with compp., by nothing, no: nihilo pluris, quam si, etc., no more than if, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 21: (but minus nihilo, less than nothing, ): and 7. — Esp. as adv.: nĭhĭlō mĭnus, or, in one word, nĭhĭlōmĭnus, none the less, no less, nevertheless, notwith standing.

1.In gen.

2.With si, etsi, quamvis, quamquam, ut, etc.

3.Strengthened by tamen. — Nihilo aliter, no otherwise.

B.Transf., adverb., for non, not, by no means.

IV.nīl, nothing, no rare and mostly poet.; (in, the true reading is nihil).

B.Transf. as adv., not at all, by no means.

V.nīlum, abl. nīlo, nothing (Lucretian)