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Nili

Nili is a Latin form of nihilum, meaning “nothing; (nihilo minus) none the less”. It is the genitive singular neuter noun.

It can also be a form of Nilus, “the Nile”. It is the nominative plural masculine noun or vocative plural masculine noun or genitive singular masculine noun.

Found 66 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3.54: … si quam multi a theologis proferuntur. unus eorum Iove natus nepos Aetheris, alter Hyperione, tertius Volcano Nili filio, cuius urbem Aegyptii volunt esse eam quae Heliopolis appellatur, quartus is quem heroicis temporibus A …

Plautus, Casina 2.3.257: quam illi servo nequam des, armigero nili atque improbo,

All forms of nihilum (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.