Excesse in much or little. Nimis acer. Horat. Nimis aspera. Hor. Nimis antiquè. Hor. Too aunciently. Nimis auidus. Cic. Nimis haud bene ora commentaui. Plaut. Nimis citò diligere. Cic. Nimis diu & longum loquor. Plaut. I make ouer long talke. Nimis doctus dolús. Plau. A verie craftie denice to deceiue. Durus nimis. Hor. Nimis ferociter. Plaut. Non nimis honestum verbum. Ci. No verie honest ward. Imbecilla nimis. Lucr. Nimis immerito meo. Plaut. Nimis improba posco. Sta. Nimis iracundè Plaut. Magnam nimis ne in nos habeat dominationem. Author, ad Heren. Nimis metuebam malè ne abijsses. Plaut. I was verie sore araid least thou wast gone away. Nimis penè mane est. Plaut. It is almost too enrely. Nimis multa. Cic. Duer many things. nimis homo Nihil est, qui piger est. Plaut. Non nimis me, sed alios admodum delectarunt literæ illius. Cic. His letters delighted not me verie much. Nimis pulcher. Plaut. Verie beautifull. Nimis qum cupio vt impetiet. Plaut. I desire verie earnestly that. Necnimis valde vnquam, nec nimis fæpe landaueris. Cic. Neuer praise a man either too much or too often. Fundam tibi nunc nimis vellem dari. Terent. I would verie faine that you had a sling in your hand. Nimis hercle ad me veniat velim. Plautus. I woulde verie gladly.

I. Lit.: Chremes nimis graviter cruciat adulescentulum nimisque inhumane, too severely ... too inhumanly, Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 1: nec nimis valde nec nimis saepe, Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 1: heu nimis longo satiate ludo, Hor. C. 1, 2, 37: nimis castus Bellerophon, id. ib. 3, 7, 14: felix heu nimis, Stat. S. 2, 7, 24: nimis dixi, Plin. Pan. 45.—

(b). With gen.: nimis insidiarum, Cic. Or. 51, 170: haec loca lucis habent nimis, Ov. F. 6, 115.—

B. With a preceding negative, not too much, not very much, not altogether, not very: Philotimi litterae me quidem non nimis, sed eos admodum delectārunt, Cic. Att. 7, 24, 1: ea dicis non nimis deesse nobis, id. de Or. 1, 29, 133: Caecilium non nimis hanc causam severe, non nimis accurate, non nimis diligenter acturum, id. Div. in Caecil. 22, 71: illud non nimis probo, quod scribis, id. Fam. 12, 30, 15: praesidium non nimis firmum, Caes. B. G. 7, 36: haud nimis amplum, Liv. 8, 4. —

II. Transf., beyond measure, exceedingly (ante-class.): nimis velim lapidem, etc., Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 119: nimis id genus ego odi male, id. Rud. 4, 2, 15; id. Am. 1, 1, 63; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 16.—Also strengthened by quam or tandem, very much, in the highest degree: nimis quam formido, ne, etc., Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 79; id. Truc. 2, 5, 15: nimis tandem contemnor, id. Ps. 4, 1, 11; id. Pers. 2, 1, 2.—Prov.: ne quid nimis, Ter. And. 1, 1, 34.