adverb
nimium
nimium (not comparable)
Classical[ˈnɪ.mi.ũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈniː.mi.um]
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Meaning
- not comparabletoo, too much
- not comparableexcessively, exceedingly, overly
rēx pavet et volgī pectora terror habet,
Terror grips the people’s hearts, and the king is alarmed, to whom the goddess [says], ‘‘Don't be overly dismayed.’’ (The goddess might sound more formal when advising the king; or, she could say: ‘‘Don't be too afraid.’’)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 3.288–289 - not comparableespecially, very, before, above all,
nĭmĭum, adv., v. nimius
I. fin. A.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
nimium adv.
nimius, too much, too : nimium facere sumptum, T.: impii cives, nimium multi: nimium ne crede colori, V.: neglegens: necesse, V.: o nimium nimiumque oblite tuorum, O.— Very much, greatly, exceedingly : nimium vellem, T.: fortunati Agricolae! V.: illud non nimium probo, not particularly .—In the phrase, nimium quantum, as much as can be, very much indeed, never so much : differt inter honestum et turpe nimium quantum.
Origins
Adverbial accusative of nimius (“too great, excessive”).