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Latin
Etymology
From nihil (“nothing”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
Noun
nihilitās f (genitive nihilitātis); third declension
- (Medieval Latin, Renaissance Latin) nothingness, nonexistence
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- nihilitas in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- nihilitas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “nihilitas”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC