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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=la nihilum, la minus}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * Classical: [ni.(ɦ)ɪˈɫoː.mɪ.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * Ecclesiastical: [ni.kiˈlɔː.mi.nus]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''nihilōminus''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)
+ It is also written ''nihilō minus'' and ''nīlōminus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ Caecilius has the parts reversed, ''minus nīlō''.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|nihilō|minus|t1=by nothing|t2=less]], the ablative of [[m|la|nihilum|t=nothing]] with the comparative adverb, “less by nothing”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives [[m|la|nihilum]] from [[m|la|*ne hīlom|t=not a bit]], with [[m|la|hīlum|t=a whit]], which has no etymology.^(de Vaan 2008)
+ 
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first examples are in Terence, “say it: I'll do this none the less”, and Cato, who writes that if nothing comes of it the expense will be incurred all the same.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ After a concessive clause it means none the less, notwithstanding, just the same, as in Cicero and Livy, and its parts are sometimes separated by [[tamen]] and other words.^(OLD 2012) The physician Scribonius Largus uses it in the sense likewise or as well.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it yet, nevertheless, notwithstanding.^(Stelten 1995) In medieval Latin it can mean also, moreover, or namely.^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ 
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato in his work on farming.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence in the sense none the less.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it often.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adverb===
+ # None the less, [[m|en|nevertheless]], [[m|en|notwithstanding]], just the same.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)
+ # Likewise, as well.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Also; moreover; namely.^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[nihil]]
+ * [[minus]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}