nimius

Latin

Etymology

From nimis +‎ -us.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈni.mi.us/, [ˈnɪmiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.mi.us/, [ˈniːmius]

Adjective

nimius (feminine nimia, neuter nimium); first/second-declension adjective

1. excessive, too great, too much

   Antonyms: parcus, modicus, paucus, perpaucus

   Ex nimiā suī opīniōne ― Having too good a conceit of himself.

2. beyond measure

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nimius	nimia	nimium		nimiī	nimiae	nimia
genitive	nimiī	nimiae	nimiī		nimiōrum	nimiārum	nimiōrum
dative	nimiō	nimiae	nimiō		nimiīs
accusative	nimium	nimiam	nimium		nimiōs	nimiās	nimia
ablative	nimiō	nimiā	nimiō		nimiīs
vocative	nimie	nimia	nimium		nimiī	nimiae	nimia

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Occitan: nemias
• Romansch: memia, mema
• → Old French: nimieux
• → Portuguese: nímio
• → Spanish: nimio

References

• “nimius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nimius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nimius 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)
• nimius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to almost lose one's reason from excess of joy: nimio gaudio paene desipere
    
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “nĭmis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 7: N–Pas, page 143