LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

nihilō1

nihilō (not comparable)
Classical[ˈni.(ɦ)ɪ.ɫoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈniː.ki.lo]

Meaning

  1. not comparableby nothing, no more than, by no means
    nihilō sētiusnone the less

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

nĭhĭlo, v. nihil, II. δ.

Origins

Adverbial ablative from nihil. Adverbial ablative from nihil /nihilum.

noun · masculinethird declension
nihilō2
nihilō m (genitive nihilōnis)
Classical[ˈni.(ɦ)ɪ.ɫoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈniː.ki.lo]

Meaning

  1. a good-for-nothing (worthless person)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativenihilōnihilōnēs
nichilōnēs
genitivenihilōnis
nichilōnis
nihilōnum
nichilōnum
dativenihilōnī
nichilōnī
nihilōnibus
nichilōnibus
accusativenihilōnem
nichilōnem
nihilōnēs
nichilōnēs
ablativenihilōne
nichilōne
nihilōnibus
nichilōnibus
vocativenihilōnihilōnēs
nichilōnēs

nĭhĭlo, ōnis, m. nihil,
I. a good-fornothing fellow: οὐδαμινός, nihilo, nugatori. us, gerra, Vet. Gloss.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin nihilō From nihil + -ō (forming agent nouns).

verbfirst conjugation
nihilō3
nihilō (present infinitive nihilāre, perfect active nihilāvī, supine nihilātum)
Classical[ˈni.(ɦ)ɪ.ɫoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈniː.ki.lo]

Meaning

  1. Medieval Latintransitiveto reduce to nothing; to destroy

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.nihilōnihilābamnihilābōnihilāvīnihilāveramnihilāverō
2nd sg.nihilāsnihilābāsnihilābisnihilāvistīnihilāverāsnihilāveris
3rd sg.nihilatnihilābatnihilābitnihilāvitnihilāveratnihilāverit
1st pl.nihilāmusnihilābāmusnihilābimusnihilāvimusnihilāverāmusnihilāverimus
2nd pl.nihilātisnihilābātisnihilābitisnihilāvistisnihilāverātisnihilāveritis
3rd pl.nihilantnihilābantnihilābuntnihilāvērunt
nihilāvēre
nihilāverantnihilāverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.nihilemnihilāremnihilāverimnihilāvissem
2nd sg.nihilēsnihilārēsnihilāverīsnihilāvissēs
3rd sg.nihiletnihilāretnihilāveritnihilāvisset
1st pl.nihilēmusnihilārēmusnihilāverīmusnihilāvissēmus
2nd pl.nihilētisnihilārētisnihilāverītisnihilāvissētis
3rd pl.nihilentnihilārentnihilāverintnihilāvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.nihilornihilābarnihilābor
2nd sg.nihilāris
nihilāre
nihilābāris
nihilābāre
nihilāberis
nihilābere
3rd sg.nihilāturnihilābāturnihilābitur
1st pl.nihilāmurnihilābāmurnihilābimur
2nd pl.nihilāminīnihilābāminīnihilābiminī
3rd pl.nihilanturnihilābanturnihilābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.nihilernihilārer
2nd sg.nihilēris
nihilēre
nihilārēris
nihilārēre
3rd sg.nihilēturnihilārētur
1st pl.nihilēmurnihilārēmur
2nd pl.nihilēminīnihilārēminī
3rd pl.nihilenturnihilārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.nihilānihilāre
pres. 2nd pl.nihilātenihilāminī
fut. 2nd sg.nihilātōnihilātor
fut. 3rd sg.nihilātōnihilātor
fut. 2nd pl.nihilātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.nihilantōnihilantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivenihilārenihilārī
perfect infinitivenihilāvissenihilātum esse
future infinitivenihilātūrum essenihilātum īrī
present participlenihilāns—
perfect participle—nihilātus
nihilāta, nihilātā, nihilātae, nihilātam, nihilātārum, nihilātās, nihilātī, nihilātōrum, nihilātōs
future participlenihilātūrus
nihilātūra, nihilātūrā, nihilātūrae, nihilātūram, nihilātūrārum, nihilātūrās, nihilātūre, nihilātūrī, nihilātūrīs, nihilātūrō, nihilātūrōrum, nihilātūrōs, nihilātūrum
nihilandus
nihilanda, nihilandā, nihilandae, nihilandam, nihilandārum, nihilandās, nihilande, nihilandīs, nihilandōrum, nihilandōs
gerundnihilandī, nihilandō, nihilandumsupinenihilātum, nihilātū

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nihilō From nihil + -ō (forming verbs).

Quick answers

What does nihilō mean in Latin?
nihilō, a adverb, means “by nothing, no more than, by no means”.
How do you pronounce nihilō?
In classical Latin, [ˈni.(ɦ)ɪ.ɫoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈniː.ki.lo].