nihilitas

Latin

Alternative forms

• nichilitas, nīlitas

Etymology

From nihil (“nothing”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /niˈhi.li.taːs/, [niˈ(ɦ)ɪlʲɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /niˈi.li.tas/, [niˈiːlit̪äs]

Noun

nihilitās f (genitive nihilitātis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin, Renaissance Latin) nothingness, nonexistence

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nihilitās	nihilitātēs
Genitive	nihilitātis	nihilitātum
Dative	nihilitātī	nihilitātibus
Accusative	nihilitātem	nihilitātēs
Ablative	nihilitāte	nihilitātibus
Vocative	nihilitās	nihilitātēs

Related terms

• nihil

Descendants

• → English: nihility
• → Spanish: nihilidad

References

• nihilitas in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• nihilitas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “nihilitas”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC