NIM 
NIM 
NIS 
hil tu amassis. Terent. Nihil agis, for 
no reason. Cic. Nihil sane, nisi lie ni- 
mis diligenter anquiras, &c. Liu. Nihil 
aliud {sc. agere) quain, for no other rea¬ 
son than. -ir Nihil mihi cum illo est, 
I have nothing to do with him. Ovid. Nil 
mihi vobiscuinest. Tcrent. Tecum ni¬ 
hil rei nobis est, I have no concern with 
you. -H Nihil es, you have no weight, 
are nothing worth. Cic. Te nihil esse 
cognosceres. Id. Nos plane nihil su- 
mus. - IT Also, worthless, insignifi¬ 
cant. Cic. Aliquem nihil putare, to de¬ 
spise. Id. Nihil hominis est, a worthless 
fellow. -IT Nihil, for nullum. Synt- 
mach. Nihil negotium.-IT Also, with 
nemo, for aliquid. Pandect. Nemine ni¬ 
hil faciente. 
NIHIL DUM. See Nihil. 
NIHILoMINOS. See Nihilum. 
NIHILUM (ne & hilum), i, n. nothing, 
nought , ovSev. Lucret. Nil posse creari 
de nihilo. Cic. Erit aliquid, quod ex 
nihilo oriatur. Id. Ut de niliilo quip- 
piam fiat.. Id. Interire in nihilum, to 
perish. Id. Ad nihilum venire. Id. Ad 
nihilum recidere. Liv. Ad nihilum re- 
digere, to destroy. Die. Pro nihilo esse, 
to be worthless. Id. Quam mihi ista pro 
nihilo! Id. Aliquid pro nihilo putare, 
to account as nothing. Id. Pro nihilo du- 
ocre. Liv. habere. - IT Also, not. 
Horat. Nihilum metuenda timere. Liv. 
Nihilum distabit.-IT Nihili, absol. of 
no worth or value. Varr. Homo nihili, 
Plant. Bestia nihili. Id. Unde is nihi¬ 
li? that good-for-nothing fellow. Tcrent.. 
Pater nihili pendit. Plant. Homo/nihili 
factus, h. e. castratus. Also,/Nihilo 
£estimare,/ur nihili. Cic. Quia/sit non 
nihilo iestimandum. - IT He nihilo, 
fur nothing, without cause or rcolon. Liv. 
De nihilo hospites corripi. Ml. Non de 
nihilo, not without reason. Tcrent. Non 
hoc de nihilo est, quod, it is not fur 
nothing ; it is on no trilling account. 
Plant° De nihilo illi est ira'sei, it is vain, 
useless. - IT Ml. Nihilo, in nothing, 
by nothing, with comparatives, &.c. Cic. 
Benevolentior tibi nihilo sum factus, not 
a whit the less affectionate. Id. Nihilo te 
majore in discrimine esse, in no greater. 
Tercnt. Nihilo plus. Id. secius. Liv. 
segnius. Plaut. Quatuor : nihilo mi¬ 
nus, no less. -IT Nihilo minus, or ni- 
hilominus, not a whit the less, no less, 
notwithstanding, nevertheless, ovtiiv fjr- 
tov. Cic. Capessentibus rempubl. nihi¬ 
lo minus quam philosopliis, despicien- 
tia adhibenda sit rerum humanarum. 
Plin. Ep. Ac nihilo minus, immo tanto 
magis conducit. Cic. Minus dolendum 
fuit, sed puniendum certe nihilominus. 
Tcrent. Phaedri® nihilo minus amicum 
esse, quam Antiphoni. Lucret. Nihilo 
minus, ac manus et pes. Plaut. (who 
omits minus). Nihilo ego quam nunc tu, 
amata sum. But Tcrent. Minus nihilo, 
less than nothing. -IT Nihilo aliter, no 
otherwise. Tercnt. Ego isti nihilo sum 
aliter, ac fui.-IT For nihilum, we al¬ 
so find nilum. Lucret. 
NIL (contr. for nihil), nothing, nought, 
1 ob&'ev. Pers. Tam nil, such a trifie. Lu¬ 
cret. Nil opus est verbis, no need. 
NILrACOS. See Nilus. 
NILIC5LX (Nilus & colo), te, m. a dweller 
near the Nile, an Egyptian. Prudent. 
NILIGENA (Nilus & gigno), te, m. and f. 
one born near the Nile, an Egyptian. Ma- 
crob. 
NILIOS {vrihos), i, f- « gtm like a topaz, 
2 perhaps jasper. Plin. 
NTL6TIS (NtaAcoris), Mis, adj. femin. 
Egyptian. Jilartial. tunica. 
NILUM, contr for nihilum. Lucret. 
NILiiS, i, m. N cTXos, a river of Egypt, 
which country it annually overflowed. — 
Hence, NHT&cus, and Nllotlcus, a, urn, 
adj. of the Nile, Egyptian. Mart. Nilia- 
ca fera, the crocodile. Ovid, juvenca, 
h. c. Isis. Martial. Nilotica rura.L— 
IT Also, a canal, aqueduct. Cic. Ductqs 
, aquarum, quos nilos vocant. 
NIMBaToS (nimbus), a,um, adj. wearing 
3 a forchcad-cloth or frontlet. Plaut. 
NIMBIFER (nimbus & fero), ra, rum, 
3 adj. bringing Cowls or storms. Mien. 
Nirnbiferas = nubes. Ovid. Nimbifero 
vindicis igne. f 
NIMBoSOS (nimbus), a, am, adj. cloudy, 
3 
tempestuous, stormy. Virg. Nimbosa 
cacumina montis. Id. Nimbosus Orion. 
Ovid. Nirnboso tumuerunt tequora ven- 
to. Lucan. Nimbosus aer. 
NIMBuS (line.), i, m. a violent storm of 
rain, sudden shower, dpfip la. Virg. Ni- 
grans commixta grandine nimbus. Cic. 
Terrere anirnos fulminibus, tempestati- 
bus, nimbis. Ovid. Densi fundunttir 
ab tethere nimbi. Liv. Nimbus effusus. 
And, in general, rain, rain-water. Plin. 
Silva continere nimbos ac digerere con- 
sueta. Petron. Nimbi ligati, ice. —— 
H Also, a shower, h. e. a great number of 
things falling like rain. FLor. Ingenti 
lapidum nimbo classem operuerunt, a 
shower of stones. Lucan. Telorum nim¬ 
bus. —— IT Also, a rain-cloud, thunder¬ 
cloud, cloud. Virg. lnvolvere diem 
nimbi. Liv. Deriso regent operuit nim¬ 
bo. Likewise, a bright cloud or light ac¬ 
companying the appearance of the gods on 
earth. Virg. Nimbo succincta. Id. 
Pallas nimbo effulgens. Hence, in later 
writers, the glory round the head of holy 
persons, saints, &c. Isidor. -IT Figur. 
a confasedmass like a cloud. Virg. Nim¬ 
bus arenas, a cloud of sand. Id. Inse- 
quitur nimbus peditum. Id. Respici- 
unt atratn in nimbo volitare favillam, 
smoke. - IT Also, a storm of wind, 
wind. Virg. Niinborum in patriam, lo- 
ca feta furentibus austris, iEoliam venit. 
-IT Also, a storm, tempest. Cic. And, 
figur. a sudden calamity. Id. Huncnim- 
bum cito transisse ltetor. -IT Also, 
cloth embroidered with gold, worn by wo¬ 
men to make the forehead appear less; a 
forehead-cloth, frontlet. Isidor. -IT Al¬ 
so, a vessel with several mouths, from 
which perfumes were sprinkled. Martial. 
NIMIE (nimius), adv. too much, excessive- 
3 ly. Capitol. Nimie aliquid facere. — 
IT Also, very much, very. Pallad. In lo- 
cis nimie frigidis. 
NIMIETaS (Id.), atis, f. superfluity, redun- 
2 dance. Colum. 
NIMIO. See Nimius. 
NIM16PERE, or NIMIO 5PKRE, adv. too 
1 much, excessively. Cic. duos ®dificia 
magnifica nimiopere deiectant. 
NIMIRUM (ne&mirum), adverb, truly, 
doubtless, surely, certainly, Srnrnv, Synuv- 
$ev. Tcrent. Nimirum dabit mihi mag¬ 
num malum. Cic. Sed nimirum majus 
est hoc quiddam, quam homines opi- 
nantur. — Ironically, Liv. Aperienda ni¬ 
mirum nocte janua fuit, forsooth. 
NIMIS, adverb, too much, over much, too, 
extremely, exceedingly, beyond measure, 
tjQoSpa, ayao. Tcrent. Ne quid nimis. 
Cic. Nec nimis valde, nec nimis saipe, 
too much, nor too often. ’Tcrent. Nimis 
graviter. Nep. In labore remissus ni¬ 
mis. Plin. Paneg. Nimis dixi. Terent. 
Nimis me indulgeo. Cic. Nimis multa 
de me. With the genit. Cic. Nimis in- 
sidiarum, too many arts. Ovid. Lucis 
nimis. - U Also, much, very much, 
very, greatly, Xlav. Terent. Nunc ni¬ 
mis vellem. Plaut. Nimis id genus ego 
odi male. Id. Nimis pulcris armis prte- 
ditte. Plaut. Nimis quam formido. 
-IT Preceded by a negative, not very, 
not too much. Cats. Locus prtesidio non 
nimis firtno tenebatur. Liv. Haud ni¬ 
mis ainplum. 
NIMIUM (nimius), adv. too much, too. 
Cic. Nimium diu, too long. Tcrent. 
Nimium parce, too frugally. Cic. Ver¬ 
ba nimium redundaritia. Id. Tem- 
pus nimium longutn. Id. Nimium mul¬ 
ti, too many. ~Tibull. Iratus nimium. 
Virg. Nimium ne crede, colon. Cic. 
Nimium dixisse videor. - IT Also, 
much, very much, greatly, exceedingly. 
Tercnt. Nimium vellem. Plaut. Homo 
nimium lepidus. Id. Nimium luben- 
ter, va~y willingly. -IT Nimium quan¬ 
tum, very much indeed, as much as can 
be. Cic. Differt inter honestum et 
turpe, nimium quantum. Id. Sales 
in dicendo nimiuin quantum valent, arc 
exceedingly efficacious. So, Plaut. Ni¬ 
mium quam es barbarus.-IT Noil ni¬ 
miuin, not much, not overmuch. Cic. II- 
iud non nimium probo. 
NIMIOS (nimis), a, ura, adj. too much, too 
great, excessive, above measure, superflu¬ 
ous, 5 ayav, nepicroos. Cic. Mediocritas 
inter nimium et parum. Id. Ne in 
568 
festinationibus suscipiamus nimias cele 
ritates. Cass. Nimia pertinacia. Cic. 
Vitem coercet ne nimia fundatur. Ov¬ 
id. Et modo sol nimius, nimius moda 
corripit imber. Quintil. Indecorum esl 
ornne nimium, excess. Martial. Pro¬ 
metheus assiduam nimio pectore pavit 
avem, h. e. nimis feraci.- IT Also, 
immoderate in the use of, intemperate, 
lavish. Cic. In honorifius decernendis 
nintius. Tacit. Rebus secundis n'imii, 
too much elated. Horat. Nimius mero, 
immoderate in drinking. Tacit, sermo- 
nis.-IT Also, too mighty, powerful. 
Vellei. Esse Pompeium nimium jam 
liber® reipubl. Flor. Jam nimius et 
potens altero tribunatu. Tacit. Legio 
legatis quoque consularibus nimia ac 
formidolosg erat.-IT Also, very much, 
very great. Plaut. Homo nimia pulcri- 
tudine. Id. Nimia memoms mira, 
very strange things. Martial. Nimio ma- 
didus amomo.- IT The ablat. nimio 
is used adverb. Plaut. Niinio magnus. 
Id. Nimio mavolo. Id. Nimio melius, 
much, by far. Plin. Nimio vaiidius, 
much too strong. Anton. ad Cic. Te 
nimio plus diligo, more than I can ex¬ 
press. Ovid. Nimio plus est, it is too 
much. Horat. Ne doleas plus nimio, 
more than is right, immoderately. - 
IT See Nimium. 
NING6, or NINGU5 (u'lyyco), nxi, n. 
3 3. to snow, vliboJ. Virg. Interea toto 
non secius aere ningit. — Passive, im- 
person. Apul. Illud spatium, qua nin- 
gitur. — Figur. Lucret. Ninguntque ro- 
sarum fioribus, scatter like snow. 
NING5R (ningc), oris, m. a fall of snow. 
3 Apul. 
NINGUIDOS (ninguis), a, am, adj. snowy, 
3 covered with snow. Auson. Juga nin- 
guida Pyren®i.-IT Falling like snow. 
Prudent. Cibus ninguidus, h. c. the man¬ 
na of the Hebrews. 
NINGUiS, is, f. the same as Nix. Lucret. 
3 Albas decedere ningues. 
NINGUO. See Ningo. 
NINIVE, or NINEVe, es, f. a town of As¬ 
syria; also called Ninus. Whence, NTni- 
vltffi, arum, the inhabitants of Ninive. 
Prudent. 
NINES, i, m. Ninus, king of Assyria, and 
husband of Semiramis. - IT Also, f. 
Ninive. Plin. 
NI5BE, es, and NX5BX, as, f. N i60ri, 
Niobe, daughter of Tantalus, and wife of 
Amphiun, king of Thebes. Her seven 
sons and seven daughters were slain by 
Apollo and Diana, because she had set her¬ 
self above Latona, and Niobe herself was 
changed into stone. Ovid. -IT Hence, 
Niobffius, or NIobeus, a, um, adj. of 
Niobe. Horat. Proles Niob®a. 
NIPHaTeS, te, m. Ni0dr>js, a mountain 
of Armenia. Virg. -IT Also, a river 
of Armenia. Lucan. 
NIPTRX {v'nrrw), orum, n. basins. Thus 
a comedy of Pacuvius is called. Cic. 
NIREUS, ei and eos, m. Ntpt%, son of 
Charopus, and the handsomest man in the 
Grecian army at the siege of Troy. JIo- 
rat. Formaque vincas Nirea. 
NTSA3US. See Nisus. 
NISEIS (Nisus), Mis, L a daughter of Ni- 
s-iis, h. e. Scylla. Ovid. 
NISI (ne & si), conj. if not, unless, ei pfj. 
Cic. Nisi ego insanio. Ca>.s. Ne qnis 
enuntiaret, nisi quibus mandatum esset. 
Cic. Quod nisi esset, certe postea non 
discessisset. So, nisi si. Ovid. Nisi si 
manifesta negemus. Cic. Noli putare, 
me ad queinqiiam longiores epistolas 
scribere, nisi si qui ad me plura scrip- 
sit. Id. Nisi vero si quis est, qui, &c. 
-IT Nisi quid, for nisi forte, unless 
perhaps. Cic. Nisi quid me Etesi® mo- 
rabuntur. -v— IT Also, except, save only. 
Cic. Quod 'infer omnes constat, nisi 
inter eos, qui ipsi quoque insaniunt., in- 
sanissemus. Id. Quid aliud expecta¬ 
nt us nisi. Id. Nihil aliud nisi. Ovid. 
Si aliquid nisi nomina, restal. Cic. 
Non nisi, only. Id. Nisi quod, except that,. 
So, Sueton. Nisi ut, and, Terent,. Nisi 
quia.-IT Also, but, and yet, however, 
only. Cic. De re nihil possum judicare: 
nisi illud mihi certe persuadeo Terent. 
Nondum scio : nisi sane cur® est, quor- 
sum eventurum hoc siet. Id. Nisi, 
quidquid est volo scire.-IT Also, intt, 
