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Nilo

Nilo is a Latin form of nihilum, meaning “nothing; (nihilo minus) none the less”.

It can also be a form of Nilus, “the Nile”. It is the ablative singular masculine noun or ablative singular neuter noun or dative singular neuter noun.

Found 49 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3.42: … ex eo igitur et Lysithoe est is Hercules quem concertavisse cum Apolline de tripode accepimus. alter traditur Nilo natus Aegyptius, quem aiunt Phrygias litteras conscripsisse. tertius est ex Idaeis Digitis, cui inferias adfe …

Cicero, Letters to his Friends 3.12.4: … o (etenim videbatur esse commotus), ut omnia a me maiora exspectaret. quid multa? benevolentior tibi quam fui nilo sum factus, diligentior ad declarandam benevolentiam multo. nam, ut vetus nostra simultas antea stimulabat me …

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.