ni·si
- except
- if not
- unless
Phrases with the word nisi
- accusare nemo se debet nisi coram Deo – no one ought to accuse himself except in the Presence of God
- actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea – The act does not make [a person] guilty unless the mind should be guilty.
- cuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare. – Anyone can err, but only the fool persists in his fault
- de mortuis nil nisi bonum – about the dead, nothing unless a good thing
- horas non numero nisi serenas – I do not count the hours unless they are sunny
- in omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro – Everywhere I have searched for peace and nowhere found it, except in a corner with a book
- nemo nisi per amicitiam cognoscitur – No one learns except by friendship
- nil nisi bonum – (about the dead say) nothing unless (it is) good
- nil nisi malis terrori – no terror, except to the bad
- nil satis nisi optimum – nothing [is] enough unless [it is] the best
- nisi Dominus frustra – if not the Lord, [it is] in vain
- nisi prius – unless previously