§314. Indefinite Pronouns

Nēmō, no one, is used of persons only—

• As a substantive:—

  • nēminemaccūsat, he accuses no one.

• As an adjective pronoun instead of nūllus:—

  • virnēmō bonus (Legg. 2.41), no good man.

a. Nūllus, no, is commonly an adjective; but in the genitive and ablative singular it is regularly used instead of the corresponding cases of nēmō, and in the plural it may be either an adjective or a substantive:—

• nūllum mittitur tēlum (B. C. 2.13), not a missile is thrown.
• nūllō hoste prohibente (B. G. 3.6), without opposition from the enemy.
• nūllīus īnsector calamitātem (Phil. 2.98), I persecute the misfortune of no one.
• nūllō adiuvante (id. 10.4), with the help of no one (no one helping).
• nūllī erant praedōnēs (Flacc. 28), there were no pirates.
• nūllī eximentur (Pison. 94), none shall be taken away.

For nōn nēmō, nōn nūllus ( nōn nūllī), see § 326. a.