nullus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *noinolos, from *ne oinolos, from Proto-Italic *oinos (one), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. By surface analysis, ne (not) + ūllus (any), literally not any.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

nūllus (feminine nūlla, neuter nūllum); first/second-declension adjective (pronominal)

  1. no one, none, not any
    Nūllum amat.
    He loves no one.

Declension

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Adjective

nūllus (feminine nūlla, neuter nūllum); first/second-declension adjective (pronominal)

  1. no, not any
    • c. 97 CE – 104 CE, Pliny the Younger, Epistulae 1.9:
      nūllā spē, nūllō timōre sollicitor, nūllīs rūmōribus inquiētor: mēcum tantum et cum libellīs loquor.
      I am not disturbed by any hope, not by any fear; I am not disquieted by any rumours: I speak only with me and with the little books.

Declension

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Derived terms

  • annullātiō
  • nullificāmen
  • nullificātiō

Descendants

Romance

Some Romance descendants may be borrowings.

  • Gallo-Italic
    • Piedmontese: nul
  • Catalan: nul
  • Italo-Dalmatian
    • Dalmatian: nolja f
    • Italian: nullo m; nulla f
      • German: Nulla, Null (see there for further descendants)
    • Sicilian: nuḍḍu
  • Old French: nul (see there for further descendants)
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • West Iberian
Other languages
  • Belarusian: нуль (nulʹ)
  • Cimbrian: null
  • Czech: nula
  • Danish: nul
  • Eastern Mari: ноль (noĺ)
  • Estonian: null
  • Faroese: null
  • German: Null
  • Hungarian: nulla
  • Hunsrik: null
  • Finnish: nolla
  • Karelian: nol’a
  • Kazakh: нөл (nöl)
  • Kyrgyz: нөль (nöl)
  • Latvian: nulle
  • Lithuanian: nulis
  • Luxembourgish: Null
  • Macedonian: нула (nula)
  • Malay: nol
    • Indonesian: nol
  • Northern Sami: nolˈla
  • Norwegian Bokmål: null
  • Pennsylvania German: null
  • Russian: нуль (nulʹ)
  • Serbo-Croatian: nula / нула
  • Silesian: nul
  • Slovak: nula
  • Swedish: noll
  • Tatar: nol
  • Turkmen: nol
  • Ukrainian: нуль (nulʹ)
  • Uzbek: nol
  • Veps: nol'
  • Voro: nulĺ
  • Votic: noľ
  • West Frisian: nul

References

  • nullus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nullus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nullus 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)
  • nullus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to devote every spare moment to...; to work without intermission at a thing: nullum tempus intermittere, quin (also ab opere, or ad opus)
    • to be of great (no) importance: magni (nullius) momenti esse
    • no opportunity of carrying out an object presents itself: nulla est facultas alicuius rei
    • to avoid no risk in order to..: nullum periculum recusare pro
    • I had not deserved it: nullo meo merito
    • not to leave off work for an instant: nullum tempus a labore intermittere
    • without any trouble: nullo negotio
    • without reflection; inconsiderately; rashly: nullo consilio, nulla ratione, temere
    • to make all possible haste to..: nullam moram interponere, quin (Phil. 10. 1. 1)
    • without delay: sine mora or nulla mora interposita
    • nothing will ever make me forgetful of him: memoriam eius nulla umquam delebit (obscurabit) oblivio (Fam. 2. 1)
    • to know nothing of logic: disserendi artem nullam habere
    • to arrange on strictly logical principles: ratione, eleganter (opp. nulla ratione, ineleganter, confuse) disponere aliquid
    • to say nothing either for or against an argument: in nullam partem disputare
    • no sound passed his lips: nulla vox est ab eo audita
    • to not say a word: nullum (omnino) verbum facere
    • no word escaped him: nullum verbum ex ore eius excidit (or simply ei)
    • not to understand a single word: verbum prorsus nullum intellegere
    • to possess not the least spark of feeling: nullam partem sensus habere
    • to fulfil one's duty in every detail: nullam officii partem deserere
    • to act reasonably, judiciously: prudenter, considerate, consilio agere (opp. temere, nullo consilio, nulla ratione)
    • to be conscious of no ill deed: nullius culpae sibi conscium esse
    • with no moderation: sine modo; nullo modo adhibito
    • to have no principles: omnia temere agere, nullo iudicio uti
    • absence of scruples, unconscientiousness: nulla religio
    • to have no constitution, be in anarchy: nullam habere rem publicam
    • to be neutral: nullius or neutrius (of two) partis esse
    • lawlessness; anarchy: leges nullae
    • lawlessness; anarchy: iudicia nulla
    • there are whispers of the appointment of a dictator: non nullus odor est dictaturae (Att. 4. 18)
    • absence of justice: ius nullum
  • nullus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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