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nīl n indecl.

ne+hilum, nothing : nihil est agri culturā melius: nihil ad celeritatem sibi reliqui fecerunt, i. e. exerted themselves to the utmost , Cs.: sui nihil deperdere, of what they had , Cs.: nil sanguinis, no drop of blood , O.: nil sui, nothing proper , O.: tecum nil rei nobis est, we have nothing to do with you , T.: nihil exspectatione vestrā dignum dico: victor, quo nihil erat moderatius: sin mecum in hac prolusione nihil fueris, of no account : nihil hominis esse, a worthless fellow .—Prov.: Nil nimis, i. e. don't be extravagant , T.Acc adverb., not at all, in no respect, not a whit : nihil se re commoveri, Cs.: coniecturā nihil opus est: nihil ad plebis causam inclinati, L.: Nil nostri miserere? V.: nihil sane, nisi, etc., for no reason, but , etc.: nil ad me attinet, T.: nihil ad Persium, in comparison with .—In phrases: nihil agis dolor! you effect nothing : misere cupis abire; sed nil agis, no, you don't! H.: nihil non ad rationem dirigebat, everything : nihil non adroget armis, H.: non nihil est profectum, somewhat : haud nihil, T.: nihil quidquam egregium adsequi, nothing at all : nihil unum insigne, L.: Tu, quantus quantu's, nil nisi sapientia es, are nothing but wisdom , T.: amare nihil aliud est, nisi diligere, etc.: nihil aliud nisi de hoste cogitare, only : nihil tibi deest praeter voluntatem, nothing except : nihil praeterquam, only, exclusively , L.: nihil aliud quam prendere prohibito, L.: nihil aliud quam in populationibus res fuit, L.: nihil praetermisi . . . quin Pompeium a Caesaris coniunctione avocarem, I have omitted nothing that might separate : nihil moror, quo minus decemviratu abeam, L.: nihil est, quod adventum nostrum extimescas, you have no cause to fear : nihil est, cur adventibus te offerre gestias: nihil excogitem, quam ob rem necesse sit? etc.: nihil fuit in Catulis, ut putares, etc.: Dic aliquid dignum promissis; incipe—nil est, to no purpose , H.: nihil est, quod pocula laudes, in vain , V.: cadit in virum bonum mentiri? nihil profecto minus, by no means .

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