Michiton or Nichil?
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(22-12-2025, 04:41 PM)ErinaBee wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The feminine nulla can be:
  1. Elliptical, agreeing with an implied noun (e.g. res, substantia), or
  2. Pleonastic / emphatic, reinforcing nichil without strict classical concord.
Both are normal in medieval Latin, especially in short, rhetorical clauses. 


Medieval Latin often tolerates (and even favors) redundant negation, especially for emphasis.
Comparable patterns you’ll find in medieval sources:
  • nichil omnino
  • nichil ullum
  • nichil penitus
  • nichil nulla
From a classical perspective this looks sloppy; from a medieval perspective it sounds forceful.

You're copy-pasting from an AI chatbot... please don't. It knows very little about medieval Latin and is eager to please.

If you can find any occurrence of "ni[c]hil nulla" in medieval sources that means "nothing at all", post it here. Chatbot's opinion without evidence is irrelevant.
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Michiton or Nichil? - by ErinaBee - 22-12-2025, 02:58 PM
RE: Michiton or Nichil? - by ErinaBee - 22-12-2025, 03:46 PM
RE: Michiton or Nichil? - by ErinaBee - 22-12-2025, 04:09 PM
RE: Michiton or Nichil? - by nablator - 22-12-2025, 04:37 PM
RE: Michiton or Nichil? - by ErinaBee - 22-12-2025, 04:41 PM
RE: Michiton or Nichil? - by nablator - 22-12-2025, 04:47 PM
RE: Michiton or Nichil? - by ErinaBee - 22-12-2025, 04:59 PM
RE: Michiton or Nichil? - by Aga Tentakulus - 22-12-2025, 05:33 PM
RE: Michiton or Nichil? - by ErinaBee - 23-12-2025, 12:14 PM
RE: Michiton or Nichil? - by Aga Tentakulus - 23-12-2025, 01:53 PM
RE: Michiton or Nichil? - by ErinaBee - 03-01-2026, 08:12 PM
RE: Michiton or Nichil? - by eggyk - 14-02-2026, 10:44 AM
RE: Michiton or Nichil? - by Koen G - 14-02-2026, 12:19 PM
RE: Michiton or Nichil? - by JoJo_Jost - 14-02-2026, 08:31 PM
RE: Michiton or Nichil? - by JoJo_Jost - 14-02-2026, 08:52 PM

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