nihilominus

Latin

Etymology

Univerbation of nihilō (“by nothing”) +‎ minus (“less”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ni.hiˈloː.mi.nus/, [ni(ɦ)ɪˈɫ̪oːmɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ni.iˈlo.mi.nus/, [niːˈlɔːminus]

Adverb

nihilōminus (not comparable)

1. nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding

References

• “nihilominus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nihilominus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nihilominus 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)
• nihilominus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.