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)

1. 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)

1. 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.