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voces nihili

voces nihili is the plural of vox nihili.

Meaning of vox nihili

Noun

vox nihili (plural voces nihili)

  1. (rhetoric) A useless or ambiguous phrase or sentiment.
  2. A spelling or textual error.
    • There is no reference at this point to a word A-i-w-xt ꜣꞽw which Brugsch found in a late Book of the Dead, and which may in fact be a vox nihili.1948, Alan Gardiner, “The First Two Pages of the Wörterbuch”, in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, volume 34, page 16

Questions about voces nihili

What is voces nihili the plural of?
Voces nihili is the plural of vox nihili.

Words near voces nihili in the dictionary

  1. voce di testa
  2. voceri
  3. voceru
  4. voces
  5. voces magicae
  6. voces nihili
  7. vochtenite
  8. vochysiaceous
  9. vociferance
  10. vociferant
  11. vociferate

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