nihil sub sole novum

• nīl sub sōle novum

Vulgate translation at Ecclesiastes 1:9, from the Hebrew אֵין כָּל חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ‎ (“there is nothing new under the sun”): nihil (“nothing”) + sub (“under, beneath”) + sōle (ablative singular form of sōl: “[the] sun”) + novum (neuter nominative singular form of novus: “new”) = “nothing new under the sun”.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.hil sub ˈsoː.le ˈno.wum/, [ˈnɪ.hɪɫ sʊb ˈsoː.ɫɛ ˈnɔ.wũ]

nihil sub sōle novum

1. “there is nothing new under the sun”; there is nothing truly novel in existence.