First used by Dionysius Exiguus in a manuscript from 525 AD to assist in date-reckoning; extensively used by Bede. By surface analysis, nūllus + -a (abstract suffix) used adjectivally.
Millenarius autem numerus ultra quem nulla nostra conputatio succrescit plenitudinem rerum de quibus agitur indicare consueuit...The number one thousand, beyond which no calculation of ours extends, customarily indicates the fulness of the things which are under consideration...672 CE – 735 CE, Beda Presbyter, Omeliarum euangelii libros II 2.2
Origins
First used by Dionysius Exiguus in a manuscript from 525 AD to assist in date-reckoning; extensively used by Bede. By surface analysis, nūllus + -a (abstract suffix) used adjectivally.
numeralfirst-declension one-termination numeral
nūlla3
NVLLANVLLAE
nūlla (genitive nūllae)
Classical[ˈnuːl.la]Ecclesiastical[ˈnul.la]
Meaning
Medieval Latinnumeralone terminationzero
Declension
singular
form
masculine
feminine
neuter
nominative
nūlla
nūlla
nūlla
genitive
nūllī̆us
nūllī̆us
nūllī̆us
dative
nūllī
nūllī
nūllī
accusative
nūllam
nūllam
nūlla
ablative
nūllā
nūllā
nūllā
vocative
nūlla
nūlla
nūlla
plural
form
masculine
feminine
neuter
nominative
nūllae
nūllae
nūlla
genitive
nūllārum
nūllārum
nūllārum
dative
nūllīs
nūllīs
nūllīs
accusative
nūllās
nūllās
nūlla
ablative
nūllīs
nūllīs
nūllīs
vocative
nūllae
nūllae
nūlla
Origins
First used by Dionysius Exiguus in a manuscript from 525 AD to assist in date-reckoning; extensively used by Bede. By surface analysis, nūllus + -a (abstract suffix) used adjectivally.
Quick answers
What does nūlla mean in Latin?
nūlla, a noun, means “the number zero; nothing”.
What is the genitive of nūlla?
The genitive singular is nūllae. nūlla is masculine, first declension.
How do you pronounce nūlla?
In classical Latin, [ˈnuːl.la]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈnul.la].
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