nimio Latin · revision 33011

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *m(e)ih₁-is-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nimiō''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the ablative of [[m|la|nimium|t=too much]], the neuter of [[m|la|nimius|t=excessive]], used as an adverb.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) That adjective belongs to [[m|la|nimis|t=too much]], which de Vaan explains from ⟨*ne meijis⟩ “not too little”, with [[ine-pro|*m(e)ih₁-is-|t=less]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus says that what is unwelcome comes far more quickly, and uses ''nimiō minus'' and ''nimiō melius''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ With comparatives and expressions of comparison it means by a very great degree, far, much, like ''multō'': Antony writes to Cicero that he loves him far more, Horace tells a friend not to grieve too much, and Livy has ''nimiō plūs quam'', far more than.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Gellius also uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Wiktionary gives exceedingly, much too, and by far.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus with comparatives.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 81–43 BC – Antony in Cicero's letters.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace, too much.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy, far more than.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # ''(with comparatives)'' By far, much, [[m|en|far]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|exceedingly|alt=Exceedingly]], much too.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nimium]]

+ * [[aliquantō]]

+ * [[multō]]

+ * [[nihilō]]

+ * [[nūllō]]

+ * [[paulō]]

+ * [[quantō]]

+ * [[tantō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}