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hilum

hilum · n

a little thing

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What it meant

1. hīlum — Lewis & Short

hīlum, i, n.the primitive of nihilum, i. e. ne-hilum and nihil; etym. unknown; acc to Festus: hilum putant esse, quod grano fabae adhaeret, ex quo nihil et nihilum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 101 Müll.; cf.: hilum breve quoddam, Non. 121, 3; acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 111 Müll., perh. kindr. with hillae,

I a little thing, a trifle; usually with a negative, not in the least, not a whit, nothing at all (ante-class.): (Ennius) Quae dedit ipsa capit, neque dispendi facit hilum; quod valet: nec dispendi facit quicquam, Varr. L. L. 9, § 54; 5, § 111 (Ann. v. 14 Vahl.); cf.: Sisyphus versat Saxum sudans nitendo neque proficit hilum, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 10: nec defit ponderis hilum, Lucr. 3, 220: neque hilum, id. 3, 518; 783; 4, 379; cf. also: neque hilo Majorem interea capiunt dulcedinis fructum, id. 5, 1409.—Without a negative: aliquid prorsum de summa detrahere hilum, Lucr. 3, 514; id. 4, 515.

2. hilum — Walde–Hofmann

hilum, -; n. „ein geringes“ (nur mit Negationen [negue, nón hilum bzw. -ó; vgl. nihilum unten] seit Enn. und Plaut.; künstlich ohne Negation Lucr. ebenso perhilum); sonst nur in nihilum (alat. u. dicht., im übrigen formelhaft [Weissenborn zu Liv. 5, 25, 12]; vgl. auch nihili, nihilo (minus, setius usw.]), jünger nihil (-M Ov. künstlich, Sommer Hb.? 148), 4 „nichts“ det Enn. (vulgàr inschr, auch nic(h)il u. dgl.], … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. hilum, p. 678]

3. hilum — Walde–Hofmann

hilum, wobei -Il- aus -sl- und g aus g*h unrichtig ist. rögina 8. vx. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. hilum, p. 1332]

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Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. hilum (scan p. 318; entry #5019).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. hilum (scan pp. 678-679; entry #1315).

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