annihilo

Latin

Alternative forms

• adnihilō
• annichilō

Etymology

From ad- +‎ nihil (“nothing”) +‎ -ō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /anˈni.hi.loː/, [änˈni(ɦ)ɪɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈni.i.lo/, [änˈniːilo]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈni.ki.lo/, [änˈniːkilo]

Verb

annihilō (present infinitive annihilāre, perfect active annihilāvī, supine annihilātum); first conjugation

1. (Late Latin, transitive) to bring to nothing, annihilate, obliterate, destroy utterly, benothing
2. (Medieval Latin, transitive) to annul, invalidate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of annihilō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	annihilō		annihilās		annihilat		annihilāmus		annihilātis		annihilant
	imperfect	annihilābam		annihilābās		annihilābat		annihilābāmus		annihilābātis		annihilābant
	future	annihilābō		annihilābis		annihilābit		annihilābimus		annihilābitis		annihilābunt
	perfect	annihilāvī		annihilāvistī		annihilāvit		annihilāvimus		annihilāvistis		annihilāvērunt, annihilāvēre
	pluperfect	annihilāveram		annihilāverās		annihilāverat		annihilāverāmus		annihilāverātis		annihilāverant
	future perfect	annihilāverō		annihilāveris		annihilāverit		annihilāverimus		annihilāveritis		annihilāverint
passive	present	annihilor		annihilāris, annihilāre		annihilātur		annihilāmur		annihilāminī		annihilantur
	imperfect	annihilābar		annihilābāris, annihilābāre		annihilābātur		annihilābāmur		annihilābāminī		annihilābantur
	future	annihilābor		annihilāberis, annihilābere		annihilābitur		annihilābimur		annihilābiminī		annihilābuntur
	perfect	annihilātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	annihilātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	annihilātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	annihilem		annihilēs		annihilet		annihilēmus		annihilētis		annihilent
	imperfect	annihilārem		annihilārēs		annihilāret		annihilārēmus		annihilārētis		annihilārent
	perfect	annihilāverim		annihilāverīs		annihilāverit		annihilāverīmus		annihilāverītis		annihilāverint
	pluperfect	annihilāvissem		annihilāvissēs		annihilāvisset		annihilāvissēmus		annihilāvissētis		annihilāvissent
passive	present	annihiler		annihilēris, annihilēre		annihilētur		annihilēmur		annihilēminī		annihilentur
	imperfect	annihilārer		annihilārēris, annihilārēre		annihilārētur		annihilārēmur		annihilārēminī		annihilārentur
	perfect	annihilātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	annihilātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		annihilā		—		—		annihilāte		—
	future	—		annihilātō		annihilātō		—		annihilātōte		annihilantō
passive	present	—		annihilāre		—		—		annihilāminī		—
	future	—		annihilātor		annihilātor		—		—		annihilantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		annihilāre			annihilārī			annihilāns			—
future		annihilātūrum esse			annihilātum īrī			annihilātūrus			annihilandus
perfect		annihilāvisse			annihilātum esse			—			annihilātus
future perfect		—			annihilātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		annihilātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		annihilandī		annihilandō		annihilandum		annihilandō		annihilātum		annihilātū

Synonyms

• annullō

Derived terms

• annihilātiō
• annihilātus

Descendants

• Catalan: anihilar
• English: annihilate
• French: annihiler
• Galician: aniquilar
• German: annihilieren
• Italian: annichilire
• Portuguese: aniquilar
• Romanian: anihila
• Spanish: aniquilar

References

• “annihilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• annihilo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• annichilare in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “annihilare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 45