"nimius" meaning in Latin

See nimius in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈni.mi.us/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈnɪmiʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈni.mi.us/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈniːmius] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From nimis + -us. Etymology templates: {{af|la|nimis|-us}} nimis + -us Head templates: {{la-adj|nimius}} nimius (feminine nimia, neuter nimium); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|nimius}} Forms: nimia [feminine], nimium [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], nimius [masculine, nominative, singular], nimia [feminine, nominative, singular], nimium [neuter, nominative, singular], nimiī [masculine, nominative, singular], nimiae [feminine, nominative, plural], nimia [neuter, nominative, plural], nimiī [genitive, masculine, singular], nimiae [feminine, genitive, singular], nimiī [genitive, neuter, singular], nimiōrum [genitive, masculine, singular], nimiārum [feminine, genitive, plural], nimiōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], nimiō [dative, masculine, singular], nimiae [dative, feminine, singular], nimiō [dative, neuter, singular], nimiīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter], nimium [accusative, masculine, singular], nimiam [accusative, feminine, singular], nimium [accusative, neuter, singular], nimiōs [accusative, masculine, singular], nimiās [accusative, feminine, plural], nimia [accusative, neuter, plural], nimiō [ablative, masculine, singular], nimiā [ablative, feminine, singular], nimiō [ablative, neuter, singular], nimiīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter], nimie [masculine, singular, vocative], nimia [feminine, singular, vocative], nimium [neuter, singular, vocative], nimiī [masculine, singular, vocative], nimiae [feminine, plural, vocative], nimia [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. excessive, too great, too much Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-nimius-la-adj-5B9~DyAy
  2. beyond measure Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-nimius-la-adj-nfrmr60p Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -us, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -us: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "nemias",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old Occitan: nemias",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old Occitan: nemias"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "memia",
            "3": "mema"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: memia, mema",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: memia, mema"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "nimio",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: nimio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: nimio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "nimieux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: nimieux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: nimieux"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "nímio",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: nímio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: nímio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "nimio",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: nimio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: nimio"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "nimis",
        "3": "-us"
      },
      "expansion": "nimis + -us",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From nimis + -us.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nimia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimium",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nimius"
      },
      "expansion": "nimius (feminine nimia, neuter nimium); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nimius"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "parcus"
        },
        {
          "word": "modicus"
        },
        {
          "word": "paucus"
        },
        {
          "word": "perpaucus"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Having too good a conceit of himself.",
          "text": "Ex nimiā suī opīniōne",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Tyrants arise from excessive freedom.",
          "text": "Ex nimiā lībertāte tyrannī oriuntur.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "From the excessive power of princes arises the destruction of princes.",
          "text": "Ex nimiā potentiā principum oritur interitus principum.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "excessive, too great, too much"
      ],
      "id": "en-nimius-la-adj-5B9~DyAy",
      "links": [
        [
          "excessive",
          "excessive"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -us",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beyond measure"
      ],
      "id": "en-nimius-la-adj-nfrmr60p",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.mi.us/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnɪmiʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.mi.us/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈniːmius]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nimius"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -us",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "nemias",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old Occitan: nemias",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old Occitan: nemias"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "memia",
            "3": "mema"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: memia, mema",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: memia, mema"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "nimio",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: nimio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: nimio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "nimieux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: nimieux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: nimieux"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "nímio",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: nímio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: nímio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "nimio",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: nimio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: nimio"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "nimis",
        "3": "-us"
      },
      "expansion": "nimis + -us",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From nimis + -us.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nimia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimium",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nimius"
      },
      "expansion": "nimius (feminine nimia, neuter nimium); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nimius"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "parcus"
        },
        {
          "word": "modicus"
        },
        {
          "word": "paucus"
        },
        {
          "word": "perpaucus"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Having too good a conceit of himself.",
          "text": "Ex nimiā suī opīniōne",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Tyrants arise from excessive freedom.",
          "text": "Ex nimiā lībertāte tyrannī oriuntur.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "From the excessive power of princes arises the destruction of princes.",
          "text": "Ex nimiā potentiā principum oritur interitus principum.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "excessive, too great, too much"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "excessive",
          "excessive"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "beyond measure"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.mi.us/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnɪmiʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.mi.us/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈniːmius]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nimius"
}

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