nimius

From nimis +‎ -us.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.mi.us/, [ˈnɪmiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.mi.us/, [ˈniːmius]

nimius (feminine nimia, neuter nimium); first/second-declension adjective

1. excessive, too great, too much

   Antonyms: parcus, modicus, paucus, perpaucus

   Ex nimiā suī opīniōne ― Having too good a conceit of himself.

2. beyond measure

First/second-declension adjective.

• ⇒ Old Occitan: nemias
• Romansch: memia, mema
• → Old French: nimieux
• → Portuguese: nímio
• → Spanish: nimio

• “nimius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nimius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nimius 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)
• nimius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to almost lose one's reason from excess of joy: nimio gaudio paene desipere
    
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “nĭmis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 7: N–Pas, page 143