nihilo

== Latin == === Alternative forms === nichilō (Late Latin) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈni.(ɦ)ɪ.ɫoː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.ki.lo] === Etymology 1 === Adverbial ablative from nihil / nihilum. ==== Adverb ==== nihilō (not comparable) (restrictive) by nothing, no more than, by no means nihilō sētius ― none the less ==== Usage notes ==== Used with comparatives or other words implying comparison. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== ==== Noun ==== nihilō dative/ablative singular of nihilum dē nihilō, ex nihilō, prō nihilō ===== Derived terms ===== ex nihilō === Etymology 2 === From nihil +‎ -ō (forming agent nouns). ==== Noun ==== nihilō m (genitive nihilōnis); third declension a good-for-nothing (worthless person) Synonym: nihilēnsis ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. === Etymology 3 === From nihil +‎ -ō (forming verbs). ==== Verb ==== nihilō (present infinitive nihilāre, perfect active nihilāvī, supine nihilātum); first conjugation (Medieval Latin, transitive) to reduce to nothing; to destroy Synonym: annihilō ===== Conjugation ===== === References === “nihilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nihilo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “nihilare”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC