any difference? if so.. how to use this and that properly?
As usual thanks in advance.
As usual thanks in advance.
Nihilum vs. Nihil
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Nihil is the general word for "nothing". But it can only be nominative or accusative. Replacements are needed for other cases. Most often, the replacement is a form of nulla res, but occasionally one of nihilum.
Nihilum is mostly limited to just a few types of expressions, notably:
- Nihili as a genitive of value (= of no worth; e.g. homo nihili = a worthless person);
- Nihilo as an ablative of degree of difference (that is, used in combination with a comparative word; it occurs particularly often in the phrase nihilo minus, sometimes written as one word nihilominus, meaning literally "less by nothing", i.e. "nonetheless").
- After the prepositions in and ad in phrases that mean reducing something to nothing, going back to nothing(ness) and the like (e.g. ad nihilum redigere, in nihilum reverti...).
Nihilum is mostly limited to just a few types of expressions, notably:
- Nihili as a genitive of value (= of no worth; e.g. homo nihili = a worthless person);
- Nihilo as an ablative of degree of difference (that is, used in combination with a comparative word; it occurs particularly often in the phrase nihilo minus, sometimes written as one word nihilominus, meaning literally "less by nothing", i.e. "nonetheless").
- After the prepositions in and ad in phrases that mean reducing something to nothing, going back to nothing(ness) and the like (e.g. ad nihilum redigere, in nihilum reverti...).