hīlum
hīl-um
Unknown, possibly from a Semitic source, or a variant of filum (“thread”) if the original sense was “little thread, fiber”.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhiː.ɫũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.lum]
Noun
hīlum n (genitive hīlī); second declension
- trifle
- (in the negative) not a whit, not in the least
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hīlum | hīla |
| genitive | hīlī | hīlōrum |
| dative | hīlō | hīlīs |
| accusative | hīlum | hīla |
| ablative | hīlō | hīlīs |
| vocative | hīlum | hīla |