Meaning
- not comparableby nothing, no more than, by no means
nihilō sētius
none the less
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
NIHILOLEWIS & SHORTNIHILO
nĭhĭlo, v. nihil, II. δ.
Origins
Adverbial ablative from nihil.
Adverbial ablative from nihil /nihilum.
noun · masculinethird declension
nihilō2
NIHILONIHILONIS
nihilō m (genitive nihilōnis)
Classical[ˈni.(ɦ)ɪ.ɫoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈniː.ki.lo]
Meaning
- a good-for-nothing (worthless person)
NIHILOLEWIS & SHORTNIHILO
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
NIHILONIHILARENIHILAVINIHILATVM
nihilō (present infinitive nihilāre, perfect active nihilāvī, supine nihilātum)
Classical[ˈni.(ɦ)ɪ.ɫoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈniː.ki.lo]
Meaning
- Medieval Latintransitiveto reduce to nothing; to destroy
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).