pronounfirst/second-declension pronoun (pronominal declension or non-pronominal declension)
nūllus1
nūllus (feminine nūlla, neuter nūllum)
Classical[ˈnuːl.lʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈnul.lus]
№ 49 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- pronounno one, none, not any, nothing
Nūllum amat.
He loves no one.Nūllumst iam dictum quod nōn sīt dictum prius.
Nothing is said now that has not been said before. (An elision of nullum est, meaning “there is nothing” or “nothing is.”)161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Eunuchus 41
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
no, not any
nūllus -a -um — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 2, 6
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nūllus | nūlla | nūllum |
| genitive | nūllī̆us nūllī | nūllī̆us nūllae | nūllī̆us nūllī |
| dative | nūllī nūllō | nūllī nūllae | nūllī nūllō |
| accusative | nūllum | nūllam | nūllum |
| ablative | nūllō | nūllā | nūllō |
| vocative | nūlle | nūlla | nūllum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nūllī | nūllae | nūlla |
| genitive | nūllōrum | nūllārum | nūllōrum |
| dative | nūllīs | nūllīs | nūllīs |
| accusative | nūllōs | nūllās | nūlla |
| ablative | nūllīs | nūllīs | nūllīs |
| vocative | nūllī | nūllae | nūlla |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- ius nullum
- absence of justice.
- leges nullae
- lawlessness; anarchy.
- nullo negotio
- without any trouble.
- iudicia nulla
- lawlessness; anarchy.
- nulla religio
- absence of scruples, unconscientiousness.
- nullo meo merito
- I had not deserved it.
- nulla vox est ab eo audita
- no sound passed his lips.
- in nullam partem disputare
- to say nothing either for or against an argument.
21 more phrases
- nullam habere rem publicam
- to have no constitution, be in anarchy.
- nullam partem sensus habere
- to possess not the least spark of feeling.
- magni (nullius) momenti esse
- to be of great (no) importance.
- nullum (omnino) verbum facere
- to not say a word.
- nullum periculum recusare pro
- to avoid no risk in order to...
- disserendi artem nullam habere
- to know nothing of logic.
- nullam officii partem deserere
- to fulfil one's duty in every detail.
- sine modo; nullo modo adhibito
- with no moderation.
- nulla est facultas alicuius rei
- no opportunity of carrying out an object presents itself.
- verbum prorsus nullum intellegere
- not to understand a single word.
- nullius culpae sibi conscium esse
- to be conscious of no ill deed.
- sine mora or nulla mora interposita
- without delay.
- nullum tempus a labore intermittere
- not to leave off work for an instant.
- nullo consilio, nulla ratione, temere
- without reflection; inconsiderately; rashly.
- omnia temere agere, nullo iudicio uti
- to have no principles.
- nullius or neutrius (of two) partis esse
- to be neutral.
- non nullus odor est dictaturae (Att. 4. 18)
- there are whispers of the appointment of a dictator.
- nullam moram interponere, quin (Phil. 10. 1. 1)
- to make all possible haste to...
- nullum verbum ex ore eius excidit (or simply ei)
- no word escaped him.
- nullum tempus intermittere, quin (also ab opere, or ad opus)
- to devote every spare moment to...; to work without intermission at a thing.
- memoriam eius nulla umquam delebit (obscurabit) oblivio (Fam. 2. 1)
- nothing will ever make me forgetful of him.
nullus, a, um, (
I. gen. m. nulli, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 99 Ritschl; Ter. And. 3, 5, 2; Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48; gen. f. nullae, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 207; v. Ritschl ad h. l.; dat. m. nullo, Caes. B. G. 6, 13; dat. f. nullae, Prop. 1, 20, 35; and cf. Cato ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.; Caecil. ib. p. 678; gen. usu. nullīus, but nullĭus, Lucr. 1, 224; 926; 4, 1; Hor. Epod. 16, 61; id. Ep. 1, 1, 14), adj. ne-ullus, not any, none, no.
I. In gen.: semita nulla. Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 44 Vahl.):
nulla videbatur aptior persona, Cic. Lael. 1, 4: praecepta, id. Off. 1, 37, 132: lites, id. de Or. 1, 26, 118: elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior, id. N. D. 1, 35, 97: nullo pacto, id. Mur. 13, 28: nullo certo ordine, Caes. B. G. 2, 11: nullo discrimine, Verg. A. 1, 574: aliter sine populi jussu nulli earum rerum consuli jus est, no consul has the right, Sall. C. 29, 3 (al. nullius): nulla verius quam ubi ea cogitentur, hostium castra esse, Liv. 22, 53, 8 Weissenb. (al. nullo): nullum meum minimum dictum, not the slightest word on my part, id. Fam. 1, 9, 21: nullusdum, none as yet: nulladum via, Liv. 5, 34; 29, 11: nulli rei esse, to be good for nothing: nequam hominem dixerunt nulli rei, neque frugis bonae, Gell. 7, 11, 1; 13, 30, 3: nullius partis esse, on neither side, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2.—B. Subst.: nullus, ī^us, m., for nemo, no one, nobody (rare in Cic.): Pi. Qui scire possum? Chry. Nullus plus, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 12:
sunt nulli, Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132: ut nullo egeat, id. Lael. 9, 30: ego quidem nulli vestrum deero, Liv. 6, 18, 8: nulli ea placere sententia, id. 37, 15, 1: ab nullo repetere beneficia, Sall. J. 96, 2: aut nullo aut quam paucissimis praesentibus, id. ib. 109, 1: nullo poscente, Verg. G. 1, 128: nullo hostium sustinente novum ac velut infernum aspectum, Tac. G. 43: a nullo ante nos prodita, Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 279: nullus denique tam abjectae condicionis fuit, cujus, etc., Suet. Calig. 35: hoc nullus nisi arte assequi potest, Quint. 8 prooem. § 16: nulli non parta libertas est, Curt. 5, 8, 14.—Fem.: nulla, ī^us, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 24; Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 20; Prop. 2, 3, 1; 3, 24 (31), 41; Ov. R. Am. 747; Just. 28, 4, 4.—In plur. (rare): nam, reor, nullis, si vita longior daretur, posset esse jucundior, Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93: nullis adversus Romanos auxilia denegabant, Hirt. B. G. 8, 45, 1: nullis defendentibus, Nep. Them. 4, 1: nullis magis opus esse magistris vivendi quam plerisque qui, etc., Lact. 3, 15, 10; Verg. G. 2, 10; Sen. Ep. 73, 1; Tac. A. 2, 77 fin.; id. H. 2, 20: nulli duo, not two, no two: nullas duas in tot milibus hominum indiscretas effigies exsistere, Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8; so, ita fit, ut nulli duo concinant, id. 3, 1, 3, § 16: nullus alter, nullus unus, no other, no one: scelestiorem nullum illuxere alterum, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 22: nullā re unā magis oratorem commendari, quam, etc., Cic. Brut. 59, 216; cf.: ut unum signum Byzantii ex maximo numero nullum haberent, id. Prov. Cons. 4, 7: nullus non, every: nullā rerum suarum non relictā inter hostes, Liv. 8, 26: nullo non se die extulit, Sen. Ep. 12, 8; Suet. Caes. 76: non nullus; v. nonnullus.—In the neutr., nul-lum, nullī^us, nothing (rare for nihil): Grai praeter laudem nullius avari, Hor. A. P. 324: nullius acrior custos, quam libertatis fuit, Flor. 1, 26: nullo sibi relicto praeter querelas, etc., Amm. 14, 1, 4: nullum magnum quod extremum est, Sen. Ep. 4, 3: nullo magis studia, quam spe gaudent, Quint. 2, 4, 43.—Abl. nullo, for nullā re (post-Aug.): nullo magis exterritus est quam quod, etc., Tac. A. 3, 15: nullo magis Caesarem Augustum demeruit, Sen. Ben. 2, 25, 1: deus nullo magis hominem separavit a ceteris animalibus quam dicendi facultate, Quint. 2, 16, 12; 2, 4, 13; 5, 14, 14.—C. (Mostly conversational.) Nullus, = non, not, not at all:
at tu edepol nullus creduas, Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 5; id. Rud. 4, 4, 91: is nullus venit, id. As. 2, 4, 2: memini, tametsi nullus moneas, Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 10; id. Hec. 1, 2, 3 (cf. II. C. infra): Philotimus non modo nullus venit, sed, etc., Cic. Att. 11, 24, 4: Sextus ab armis nullus discedit, id. ib. 15, 22; cf. id. ib. 15, 29, 1: nolite arbitrari, me, cum a vobis discessero, nusquam aut nullum fore, id. Sen. 22, 79: hereditas quae nulla debetur, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 44; id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128.—II. In partic.
A. Of no account or moment, insignificant, trifling:
igitur tu Titias et Appuleias leges nullas putas? Cic. Leg. 2, 6, 14: nullum vero id quidem argumentum est, id. Tusc. 2, 5, 13: sed vides nullam esse rem publicam, nullum senatum, etc., id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 1; Nep. Phoc. 1, 2: in his tam parvis atque tam nullis, Plin. 11, 2, 2, § 2: alia fuere, quae illos magnos fecere, quae nobis nulla sunt, Sall. C. 52, 21.—B. Null, of no value:
ut sine his studiis vitam nullam esse ducamus, Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 20; Luc. 1, 589.—C. Nullus sum, I am lost, undone, it's all over with me (ante-class.):
si id factum est, ecce me nullum senem, Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 26; cf. id. Most. 2, 1, 41; id. Merc. 1, 2, 52; 104: nullu's, Geta, nisi, etc., Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 1; cf. id. And. 3, 4, 20.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
nūllus gen. nūllīus (m nūllī, T., C.; nūllius, H.), dat. nūllī (m nūllō, Cs.; f nūllae, Pr.), adj.
ne+ullus, not any, none, no : semita nulla, Enn. ap. C.: nulla videbatur aptior persona: elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior: nullo periculo perventuri, safely , Cs.: nullo discrimine, V.: nullius earum rerum consuli ius est, jurisdiction over none of , etc., S.: nullum meum minimum dictum, not the slightest word on my part : (Alpes) nullā dum viā superatae, no road as yet , L.: equestris pugna nulla admodum fuit, no fight at all , L.: nullā re unā magis commendari, quam, etc., no single : nullā rerum suarum non relictā, every one , L.—As subst m . and f no one, nobody : me, cum a vobis discessero, nusquam aut nullum fore: consistendi potestas erat nulli, Cs.: ego quidem nulli vestrum deero, L.: aut nullo aut quam paucissimis praesentibus, S.: Cur nemo est, nulla est, quae, etc., O.: nullis posset esse iucundior: nullis hominum cogentibus veniunt, V.—As subst n., nothing (for nihil): praeter laudem nullius avari, H.—Colloquially, not, not at all : memini, tametsi nullus moneas, T.: Philotimus nullus venit: ea (occasio) nulla contigerat, L.— Of no account, insignificant, trifling, worthless, null : igitur tu Titias leges nullas putas?: sed vides nullam esse rem p.: patre nullo, L.: alia quae illos magnos fecere, quae nobis nulla sunt, S.—With esse, to be lost, be undone : nullus sum, T.: Nullu's, Geta, nisi, etc., it is all over with you , T.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *noinolos, from *ne oinolos (literally “not (a) little one”), from a diminutive of Proto-Italic *oinos (“one”), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. By surface analysis, ne (“not”) + ūllus (“any”), literally “not any”.