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|lshtext=<b>nĭhil</b>: or ([[ante]]-[[class]]. and [[post]]-Aug.) contr. nīl, n.<br /><b>I</b> indecl.; and nĭhĭlum, or contr. nīlum, i, n. ne-[[hilum]], not the [[least]]; v. [[hilum]].<br /><b>I</b> nĭhil, [[nothing]]: [[nihil]] est agriculturā [[melius]], [[nihil]] [[uberius]], Cic. Off. 1, 42, 151: de re publicā [[nihil]] loquebantur, id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nihil agere, to [[accomplish]] [[nothing]]: nil agis, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 134: [[nihil]] agis [[dolor]]! [[quamvis]] sis [[molestus]], [[numquam]] te esse confitebor [[malum]], Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61: [[nihil]] [[ergo]] agebat Q. Maximus? [[nihil]] L. [[Paulus]]? ceteri senes [[nihil]] agebant? id. Sen. 6, 15; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; Hor. S. 1, 9, 15; Luc. 7, 809; Vell. 2, 66, 3.—In [[like]] [[manner]], [[nihil]] per aliquem (sc. agere): [[nihil]] per Senatum, [[multa]] et magna per populum et absente [[populo]] et [[invito]], Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6; Tac. Agr. 19.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of persons: [[victor]], quo [[nihil]] erat moderatius, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 2: ita [[tibi]] persuadeas, mihi te carius [[nihil]] fuisse, id. ib. 14, 3, 5: [[nihil]] est tam miserabile, [[quam]] ex beato [[miser]], id. Part. 17, 57; Tac. H. 1, 79; Nep. Alcib. 1, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nihil, nec. . nec ([[without]] [[destroying]] the [[negation]]): [[nihil]] me nec subterfugere voluisse reticendo, nec obscurare dicendo, Cic. Clu. 1, 1; v. [[neque]].—（ε) Nihil non, [[everything]]: [[nihil]] non ad rationem dirigebat, Cic. Brut. 37, 140: [[nihil]] non arroget armis, Hor. A. P. 122; Nep. Att. 19, 3.—（ζ) Non [[nihil]] and [[haud]] [[nihil]], [[something]], [[somewhat]]: non [[nihil]], ut in tantis malis, est profectum, Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 2: non [[nihil]] me consolatur, cum [[recordor]], id. ib. 4, 14, 2: [[haud]] [[nihil]], Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 13: [[haud]] [[nihil]] ambigam, I [[may]] be [[somewhat]] in [[doubt]], Liv. 1, 3.—（η) Nihil quidquam or [[nihil]] unum, [[nothing]] [[whatever]], [[nothing]] at all: nil ego [[tibi]] [[hodie]] consili [[quicquam]] dabo, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 113: [[sine]] [[studio]] [[nihil]] quidquam egregium [[nemo]] [[umquam]] assequetur, Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 134: Rhodiis ut [[nihil]] unum [[insigne]], ita [[omnis]] generis dona dedit, Liv. 41, 20, 7: si [[nihil]] aliud, if [[there]] were [[nothing]] [[else]], id. 3, 19, 7; 30, 35, 8.—（θ) With gen.: [[nihil]] mali, Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2: [[nihil]] [[novi]], id. Fam. 2, 14, 1: [[nihil]] humanarum rerum, id. Red. Quir. 5, 1: [[nihil]] est lucri [[quod]] me [[hodie]] facere mavelim, [[quam]], Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 18.—Adjectives also, of the [[second]] declension as [[well]] as of the [[third]], are not unfrequently joined to [[nihil]] in the [[same]] [[case]], as [[nihil]] honestum, lautum, [[forte]], [[illustre]]: [[nihil]] exspectatione vestrā dignum [[dico]], Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137.—（ι) Nihil, or mhil aliud, [[with]] [[nisi]], [[quam]], [[praeter]], [[praeterquam]], etc., [[nothing]] [[else]] [[than]], [[nothing]] [[except]], [[nothing]] [[but]]: tu, [[quantus]] [[quantus]], [[nihil]] [[nisi]] [[sapientia]] es, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 40: [[amare]] [[nihil]] aliud est, [[nisi]] eum ipsum diligere, quem [[ames]], Cic. Lael. 27, 100: si [[nihil]] aliud fecerunt, [[nisi]] rem detulerunt, etc., id. Rosc. Am. 37, 108: ut [[nihil]] aliud, [[quam]] de hoste cogitet, id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64: [[nihil]] [[tibi]] deest [[praeter]] voluntatem, [[nothing]] [[except]], id. Fam. 4, 7, 3: [[puto]] te existimare, me ex his miseriis [[nihil]] aliud quaerere, [[nisi]] ut homines intellegant, etc., id. ib. 2, 16: qui [[nihil]] [[praeterquam]] de vitā cogitarent, Auct. B. Alex. 8.—Sometimes, in this [[connection]], elliptically: [[Herdonius]], si [[nihil]] aliud, hostem se fatendo [[prope]] denuntiavit, ut, etc., Liv. 3, 19, 6: si [[nihil]] aliud, vulneribus [[certe]] [[ferrum]] [[hostile]] hebetarent, id. 30, 35, 8: illā [[quidem]] nocte [[nihil]] [[praeterquam]] vigilatum est in urbe, id. 3, 26; Suet. Aug. 83.—Hence, as adv.: [[nihil]] aliud [[quam]], [[only]]: [[nihil]] aliud [[quam]] prendere prohibito, Liv. 2, 29, 4: is [[intromissus]] in [[castra]] [[nihil]] aliud [[quam]] hoc narrāsse fertur, id. 2, 32, 8: [[nihil]] aliud [[quam]] in populationibus res fuit, id. 2, 49, 9 al.—（κ) Nihil ... [[quin]] or [[quominus]], [[nothing]] whereby: [[nihil]] praetermisi ... [[quin]] Pompeium a Caesaris conjunctione avocarem, I [[have]] omitted [[nothing]] [[that]] [[might]] [[separate]], Cic. Phil. 2, 10, 23: [[nihil]] [[moror]], [[quominus]] decemviratu abeam, Liv. 3, 54: [[nihil]] facere [[oportet]], [[quominus]] excedat, etc., Cels. 3, 27, 4.—（λ) Nihil est [[quod]], [[cur]], [[quamobrem]], etc., [[there]] is no [[reason]] [[why]] I ([[you]], etc.) [[need]] not: [[nihil]] est jam, [[quod]] tu mihi succenseas, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 46: [[nihil]] est, [[quod]] adventum [[nostrum]] extimescas, Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 4: sed ego [[nunc]] nil est, [[cur]] me morer, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 102: [[nihil]] est, [[cur]] advenientibus te offerre gestias, Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 1: [[nihil]] excogitem, [[quamobrem]] Oppianico damnari [[necesse]] [[sit]]? id. Clu. 26, 70.—（μ) Nihil est, ut, [[there]] is [[nothing]] [[that]]: [[nihil]] fuit in Catulis, ut eos exquisito judicio putares uti litterarum, Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133.— (ν) Nihil est, it is of no [[use]], to no [[purpose]], in [[vain]]: at ego ab hac puerum reposcam, ne mox infitias [[eat]]. Nihil est. Nam ipsa haec [[ultro]], ut [[factum]] est, fecit omnem rem [[palam]], Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 76: at [[nihil]] est, ignotum ad illum mittere: operam luseris. id. Capt. 2, 2, 94; Hor. S. 2, 3, 6.—In a [[question]]: [[usque]] [[adeo]] [[nihil]] est, [[quod]] nostra [[infantia]] [[caelum]] hausit Aventini? Juv. 3, 84.—（ο) Nihil ad me (sc. pertinet): recte an [[secus]], [[nihil]] ad nos: aut si ad nos, [[nihil]] ad hoc [[tempus]], Cic. Pis. 28, 68; cf. Ter. And. 1, 2, 16; also, [[nihil]] ad, [[nothing]] to, [[nothing]] in [[comparison]] [[with]]: [[nihil]] ad Persium, Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 25; id. Leg. 1, 2, 6: [[nihil]] ad tuum equitatum, [[Caesar]], sed ex eis, quos habuit, electos, id. Deiot. 8, 24.— (π) Nihil [[minus]], [[nothing]] [[less]] so, i. e. by no [[means]], not at all: cadit [[ergo]] in virum [[bonum]] mentiri, fallere? [[nihil]] [[minus]], Cic. Off. 3, 20, 81: an Gallos existimatis hic versari [[animo]] demisso [[atque]] humili? [[nihil]] [[vero]] [[minus]], id. Font. 11, 23.—（ρ) Nihil dum, [[nothing]] as [[yet]]: [[quamquam]] [[nihil]] dum audieramus, nec ubi esses, nec, etc., Cic. Fam. 12, 7, 2; id. Att. 7, 12, 4.—（ς) Nihil mihi cum [[illo]] est, I [[have]] [[nothing]] to do [[with]] him: [[tecum]] [[nihil]] rei nobis [[Demipho]] est, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 74; Ov. F 2, 308.—（τ) Nihil esse, to be [[nothing]] or [[nobody]], to [[have]] no [[power]], to be of no [[use]], Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47; id. Fam. 7, 27, 2; 7, 33, 1; Ter. And. 2, 1, 14: aliquem [[nihil]] putare, to [[esteem]] [[meanly]], Cic. Sest. 53, 114 (B. and K. [[nihili]]): accepimus eum [[nihil]] hominis esse, a [[worthless]] [[fellow]], id. Tusc. 3, 32, 77; [[but]] de Attio Dionysio [[nihil]] [[puto]] esse, [[nothing]] [[about]] him, i. e. no [[news]] of him, id. Fam. 12, 30, 5.—（υ) Aut [[nihil]] aut [[paulum]], [[little]] or [[nothing]] (Gr. ὀλίγον ἠ [[οὐδέν]]>): aut [[nihil]] aut [[paulo]] cui tum concedere digna, Cat. 68, 131.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Adverb.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not (as a strengthened non), in [[nothing]], in no [[respect]], not at all: me [[nihil]] poenitet, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 63; id. Mil. 4, 2, 16: conjecturā [[nihil]] [[opus]] est, Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 107; Ter. And. 4, 1, 14: beneficio [[isto]] legis [[nihil]] utitur, Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 61: de fratre [[nihil]] ego te accusavi, id. Fam. 14, 1, 4: Thebani [[nihil]] moti sunt, Liv. 42, 46; 3, 65; 6, 38; 49; Sall. C. 16, 5: [[nihil]] [[miror]], Quint. 2, 17, 15; 6, 1, 38.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To no [[purpose]], in [[vain]]: herele hanc [[quidem]] Nihil tu amassis: mihi haec desponsa est, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For no [[reason]]: [[quorsum]] [[tandem]] aut [[cur]] ista quaeris? M Nihil [[sane]], [[nisi]] ne [[nimis]] [[diligenter]] anquiras, Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4. —<br /><b>II</b> nĭhĭlum, i (contr. form nīlum, Lucr. 1, 159; Hor. S. 1, 5, 67), n., [[nothing]]: erit aliquid, [[quod]] aut ex [[nihilo]] oriatur, aut in [[nihilum]] [[subito]] occidat, Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37: ut de [[nihilo]] [[quippiam]] fiat, id. Fat. 9, 18: interire in [[nihilum]], id. Ac. 1, 7, 27: venire ad [[nihilum]], id. Fam. 11, 12, 1: ad [[nihilum]] recidere, id. Phil. 7, 8, 27: [[quam]] mihi ista pro nihilol id. Att. 14, 9, 1: aliquid pro [[nihilo]] putare, id. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 16, § 40.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nihili, of no [[value]], [[worthless]]: quem putamus esse non hili, dicimus [[nihili]], Varr. L. L. 10, § 81 Müll.; cf.: [[nihili]], qui nec hili [[quidem]] est. Paul. ex Fest. p. 175 Müll.: [[unde]] is [[nihili]]? ubi fuisti? Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 29: [[nihili]] est [[autem]] suum Qui [[officium]] facere [[immemor]] est. id. Ps. 4, 7, 2: [[homo]] [[nihili]] [[factus]], unmanned, id. Mil. 5, 16.—Hence, [[nihili]] pendere or facere, to [[esteem]] as [[nothing]], Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 4; id. Ps. 4, 7, 1; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; De [[nihilo]], for [[nothing]], [[without]] [[cause]] or [[reason]], Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 17: mali rem exempli esse, de [[nihilo]] hospites corripi, Liv. 34, 61; 30, 29.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nihilo, [[with]] compp., by [[nothing]], no: [[nihilo]] pluris, [[quam]] si, etc., no [[more]] [[than]] if, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 21: [[nihilo]] [[minus]], id. Men. 5, 5, 49: Phaedriae esse nilo [[minus]] amicum [[quam]] Antiphoni, Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 7 ([[but]] [[minus]] [[nihilo]], [[less]] [[than]] [[nothing]], id. ib. 3, 3, 2): [[nihilo]] benevolentior, Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 4: [[nihilo]] major, id. ib. 6, 3, 4: [[nihilo]] [[tamen]] [[setius]], Caes. B. G. 5, 4 and 7: [[nihil]] segnius, Liv. 6, 38.—Esp. as adv.: nĭhĭlō mĭnus, or, in one [[word]], nĭhĭlōmĭnus, [[none]] the [[less]], no [[less]], [[nevertheless]], notwith [[standing]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen.: [[minus]] dolendum fuit re non perfectā, sed puniendum [[certe]] [[nihilo]] [[minus]], Cic. Mil. 7, 19; id. Phil. 5, 9, 26; Quint. 8, 3, 85.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With si, [[etsi]], [[quamvis]], [[quamquam]], ut, etc.: in iis rebus, quae [[nihilo]] [[minus]], ut ego absim, confici possunt, Cic. Fam. 10, 2, 2: [[nihilo]] [[minus]] eloquentiae studendum est, [[etsi]] ea [[quidam]] [[perverse]] abutuntur, id. Inv. 1, 4, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 17: [[alia]] sunt, quae [[quamvis]] nolit accidere, [[nihilominus]] laudat, Sen. Ep. 66, 44: si [[nihil]] fiet, [[nihilominus]], etc., [[Cato]], R. R. 39, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Strengthened by [[tamen]]: [[nihilominus]] ego hoc faciam [[tamen]], Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 10; Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 17.—（ε) Nihilo [[aliter]], no [[otherwise]]: ego [[isti]] [[nihilo]] [[sum]] [[aliter]] ac fui, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 45.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., adverb., for non, not, by no [[means]]: [[nihilum]] metuenda timere, Hor. S. 2, 3, 53. —<br /><b>III</b> nīl, [[nothing]], no ([[rare]] and [[mostly]] [[poet]].; in Cic. not at all): nil [[intra]] est oleam, nil [[extra]] est in nuce durum, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 31; id. C. 4, 4, 73: nil sanguinis, no [[drop]] of [[blood]], Ov. M. 13, 266: nil sui, [[nothing]] [[proper]], id. ib. 3, 435; Vulg. Prov. 10, 2 (in Caes. B. G. 5, 29, the true [[reading]] is [[nihil]]): hoc ridere [[meum]], tam nil, nulla [[tibi]] [[vendo]] Iliade, [[such]] a [[trifle]], Pers. 1, 122.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf. as adv., not at all, by no [[means]]: nil [[opus]] est verbis, Lucr. 5, 263: ut nil [[umor]] abundet, id. 5, 265; 1, 266: nil pictis [[timidus]] [[navita]] puppibus Fidit, Hor. C. 1, 14, 14.—<br /> nīlum, abl. nīlo, [[nothing]] (Lucretian): ad [[nilum]] revorti, Lucr. 1, 237; so id. 1, 673; 791; 797; 2, 756; 864: nil [[igitur]] fieri de nilo posse, id. 1, 205; 266.
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