adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (pronominal declension)
nōnnūllus
nōnnūllus (feminine nōnnūlla, neuter nōnnūllum)
Classical[noːnˈnuːl.lʊs]Ecclesiastical[nonˈnul.lus]
Meaning
- adjectivesome, several, a few
- adjectivenonzero
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nōnnūllus | nōnnūlla | nōnnūllum |
| genitive | nōnnūllī̆us | nōnnūllī̆us | nōnnūllī̆us |
| dative | nōnnūllī | nōnnūllī | nōnnūllī |
| accusative | nōnnūllum | nōnnūllam | nōnnūllum |
| ablative | nōnnūllō | nōnnūllā | nōnnūllō |
| vocative | nōnnūlle | nōnnūlla | nōnnūllum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nōnnūllī | nōnnūllae | nōnnūlla |
| genitive | nōnnūllōrum | nōnnūllārum | nōnnūllōrum |
| dative | nōnnūllīs | nōnnūllīs | nōnnūllīs |
| accusative | nōnnūllōs | nōnnūllās | nōnnūlla |
| ablative | nōnnūllīs | nōnnūllīs | nōnnūllīs |
| vocative | nōnnūllī | nōnnūllae | nōnnūlla |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- nonnulla praedīcam
- I wish to say a few words in preface.
non-nullus (or written separately, non nullus, Verg. A. 11, 725), a, um,
I. adj., some, several:
non nullumst periculum, Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 23; Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 68: esse nonnullo se Caesaris beneficio affectum, Caes. B. G. 7, 37, 4: nonnulla pars militum, id. B. C. 1, 13, 4: frumenti copiam nonnullam habere, id. ib. 1, 78, 1: non nulli amici, Cic. Mur. 20, 42: non nulla communia, id. Ac. 2, 22, 70: nonnullae cohortes, Caes. B. C. 1, 24.— Subst.: nonnulli, ōrum, m. (sc. milites), some, several, Caes. B. G. 1, 26.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
nōn-nūllus or nōn nūllus adj.,
some, several: Non nullam nobis facit iniuriam, T.: esse non nullo se Caesaris beneficio adfectum, one and another, Cs.: pars militum, a considerable, Cs.: in quo est tua culpa non nulla: amici, a few.—Plur. m. as subst. (sc. milites), some, several, Cs.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinosder. Proto-Italic *noinolos Latin nūllus Latin nōnnūllus From nōn (“not”) + nūllus (“no one, no, not any”).
Italo-Romance
- Italiannonnulla