"nil" meaning in Latin

See nil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: [ˈniːɫ] [Classical-Latin], [ˈnil] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: nīl [canonical], no-table-tags [table-tags], nīl [neuter, nominative], - [genitive, neuter], - [dative, neuter], nīl [accusative, neuter], - [ablative, neuter], - [neuter, vocative]
Head templates: {{la-pronoun|nīl<indecl+>|indecl=1|nomf=1}} nīl (indeclinable) Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|nīl<indecl+>|nomf=1|title=Indeclinable pronoun (used only in the nominative and accusative), singular only.}}
  1. syncopic form of nihil (“nothing”) Tags: indeclinable
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          "english": "‘You have written well of me, Thomas. What reward would you like?’ ‘Nothing but you, Lord.’",
          "text": "‘Bene scripsisti de me, Thoma. Quam ergo mercedem accipies?’ ‘Nil nisi te, Domine.’",
          "translation": "‘You have written well of me, Thomas. What reward would you like?’ ‘Nothing but you, Lord.’",
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        "syncopic form of nihil (“nothing”)"
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    },
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    }
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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          "text": "‘Bene scripsisti de me, Thoma. Quam ergo mercedem accipies?’ ‘Nil nisi te, Domine.’",
          "translation": "‘You have written well of me, Thomas. What reward would you like?’ ‘Nothing but you, Lord.’",
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