nonnihil
Latin
Alternative forms
- nōnnīl (syncopated)
- nōnnichil (Late Latin)
Etymology
Univerbation of nōn (“not”) + nihil (“nothing”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnoːn.ni.(ɦ)ɪɫ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɔn.ni.kil]
Pronoun
nōnnihil (indeclinable)
- a certain amount
Declension
Indeclinable pronoun (used only in the nominative and accusative), singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| neuter | |
| nominative | nōnnihil |
| genitive | — |
| dative | — |
| accusative | nōnnihil |
| ablative | — |
| vocative | — |
Adverb
nonnihil (not comparable)
- in some measure; somewhat
References
- “nonnihil”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nonnihil”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.