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

Noun

nihilō

dative/ablative singular of nihilum

Etymology 2

Adverb

nihilō (not comparable)

not; by no means

Derived terms

nihilōmagis, nihilō magis
nihilōminus, nihilō minus

Etymology 3

Noun

nihilō m (genitive nihilōnis); third declension

a good-for-nothing (worthless person)
Synonym: nihilēnsis

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	nihilō	nihilōnēs
genitive	nihilōnis	nihilōnum
dative	nihilōnī	nihilōnibus
accusative	nihilōnem	nihilōnēs
ablative	nihilōne	nihilōnibus
vocative	nihilō	nihilōnēs

Etymology 4

From nihil +‎ -ō.

Verb

nihilō (present infinitive nihilāre, perfect active nihilāvī, supine nihilātum); first conjugation

(Medieval Latin, transitive) to reduce to nothing; to destroy
Synonym: annihilō

Conjugation

Conjugation of nihilō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	nihilō	nihilās		nihilat	nihilāmus	nihilātis		nihilant
	imperfect	nihilābam	nihilābās		nihilābat	nihilābāmus	nihilābātis		nihilābant
	future	nihilābō	nihilābis		nihilābit	nihilābimus	nihilābitis		nihilābunt
	perfect	nihilāvī	nihilāvistī		nihilāvit	nihilāvimus	nihilāvistis		nihilāvērunt, nihilāvēre
	pluperfect	nihilāveram	nihilāverās		nihilāverat	nihilāverāmus	nihilāverātis		nihilāverant
	future perfect	nihilāverō	nihilāveris		nihilāverit	nihilāverimus	nihilāveritis		nihilāverint
passive	present	nihilor	nihilāris, nihilāre		nihilātur	nihilāmur	nihilāminī		nihilantur
	imperfect	nihilābar	nihilābāris, nihilābāre		nihilābātur	nihilābāmur	nihilābāminī		nihilābantur
	future	nihilābor	nihilāberis, nihilābere		nihilābitur	nihilābimur	nihilābiminī		nihilābuntur
	perfect	nihilātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	nihilātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	nihilātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	nihilem	nihilēs		nihilet	nihilēmus	nihilētis		nihilent
	imperfect	nihilārem	nihilārēs		nihilāret	nihilārēmus	nihilārētis		nihilārent
	perfect	nihilāverim	nihilāverīs		nihilāverit	nihilāverīmus	nihilāverītis		nihilāverint
	pluperfect	nihilāvissem	nihilāvissēs		nihilāvisset	nihilāvissēmus	nihilāvissētis		nihilāvissent
passive	present	nihiler	nihilēris, nihilēre		nihilētur	nihilēmur	nihilēminī		nihilentur
	imperfect	nihilārer	nihilārēris, nihilārēre		nihilārētur	nihilārēmur	nihilārēminī		nihilārentur
	perfect	nihilātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	nihilātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	nihilā		—	—	nihilāte		—
active	future	—	nihilātō		nihilātō	—	nihilātōte		nihilantō
passive	present	—	nihilāre		—	—	nihilāminī		—
passive	future	—	nihilātor		nihilātor	—	—		nihilantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		nihilāre		nihilārī		nihilāns		—
future		nihilātūrum esse		nihilātum īrī		nihilātūrus		nihilandus
perfect		nihilāvisse		nihilātum esse		—		nihilātus
future perfect		—		nihilātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		nihilātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		nihilandī	nihilandō		nihilandum	nihilandō	nihilātum		nihilātū

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