nimius
Latin
Etymology
From nimis + -us.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈni.mi.us/, [ˈnɪmiʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈni.mi.us/, [ˈniːmius]
Adjective
nimius (feminine nimia, neuter nimium); first/second-declension adjective
- excessive, too great, too much
- Antonyms: parcus, modicus, paucus, perpaucus
- Ex nimiā suī opīniōne ― Having too good a conceit of himself.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | nimius | nimia | nimium | nimiī | nimiae | nimia | |
| Genitive | nimiī | nimiae | nimiī | nimiōrum | nimiārum | nimiōrum | |
| Dative | nimiō | nimiō | nimiīs | ||||
| Accusative | nimium | nimiam | nimium | nimiōs | nimiās | nimia | |
| Ablative | nimiō | nimiā | nimiō | nimiīs | |||
| Vocative | nimie | nimia | nimium | nimiī | nimiae | nimia | |
Descendants
- ⇒ Old Occitan: nemias
- Romansch: memia, mema
- → Old French: nimieux
- → Portuguese: nímio
- → Spanish: nimio
References
- “nimius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nimius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nimius 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)
- nimius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to almost lose one's reason from excess of joy: nimio gaudio paene desipere
- (ambiguous) to almost lose one's reason from excess of joy: nimio gaudio paene desipere
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “nĭmis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 7: N–Pas, page 143