aut Caesar, aut nihil

[ out kahy-sahr out ni-hil; English awt see-zer awt nahy-hil ]

/ aʊt ˈkaɪ sɑr aʊt ˈnɪ hɪl; English ɔt ˈsi zər ɔt ˈnaɪ hɪl /

either a Caesar or nothing; all or nothing.

Definition for nihil (2 of 3)

vox et praeterea nihil

[ wohks et prahy-te-re-ah ni-hil; English voks et pri-teer-ee-uh nahy-hil ]

/ ˈwoʊks ɛt praɪˈtɛ rɛˌɑ ˈnɪ hɪl; English ˈvɒks ɛt prɪˈtɪər i ə ˈnaɪ hɪl /

a voice and nothing more.

ex nihilo nihil fit

[ eks ni-hi-loh ni-hil fit; English eks nahy-hi-loh nahy-hil fit, nee-hi-loh nee-hil ]

/ ɛks ˈnɪ hɪˌloʊ ˈnɪ hɪl ˈfɪt; English ɛks ˈnaɪ hɪˌloʊ ˈnaɪ hɪl ˈfɪt, ˈni hɪˌloʊ ˈni hɪl /

nothing is created from nothing.

Why in the world have I waited till the day your Libra gets its nihil obstat from Christopher Lemondrop* to send you a note.

William Gaddis’s Letter of Praise to Don DeLillo |William Gaddis |March 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Nihil tamen a matrice alienatur a qua proprietates suas ducit.

History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) |Adolph Harnack
Nihil ob id apud Helvetios agendum de lis rebus qu Christi gloriam possunt augere.

History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Vol 2 |J. H. Merle D'Aubign
Apostolus autem e contra prohibet Galatis: si circumcidimini Christo nihil vobis prodest: Ergo iste contrarius illi.

A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I |Henry Charles Lea

On the other hand, the nihil privativum and ens imaginarium are empty data for conceptions.

The Critique of Pure Reason |Immanuel Kant
Nihil autem reducitur de potentia in actum, nisi per aliquod ens actu: sicut sensus fit in actu per sensibile in actu.

Fundamental Philosophy, Vol. I (of 2) |Jaime Luciano Balmes

nihil

/ Latin (ˈnaɪhɪl, ˈniːhɪl) /

nil; nothing