nimium

Latin

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of nimius (“too great, excessive”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈni.mi.um/, [ˈnɪ.mi.ũ]

Adverb

nimium (not comparable)

  1. too, too much, excessively

Synonyms

References
  • nimium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nimium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nimium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to go deeply into a matter, discuss it fully: multum, nimium esse (in aliqua re) (De Or. 2. 4. 17)
    • to be pedantic: nimium diligentem esse
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