nimis

See also: nímis

Gothic

Romanization

nimis

1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌹𐍃

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈn̠ʲɪmʲɪʃ]

Verb

nimis

1. first-person plural past habitual of nigh
2. first-person plural past subjunctive of nigh

Latin

Etymology

From ne- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (whence metior). Compare immēnsus from these roots.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈni.mis/, [ˈnɪmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.mis/, [ˈniːmis]

Adverb

nimis (not comparable)

1. too, too much, excessively

Synonyms

• (too much): nimiē, nimium

Derived terms

• nimius

Descendants

• Old Occitan: nems ⇒ nemés

References

• “nimis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nimis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nimis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• nimis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “nĭmis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 7: N–Pas, page 143

Volapük

Noun

nimis

1. accusative plural of nim