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nēmō is a Latin Noun that primarily means nobody.
Noun
no one, nobody
Noun
Nobody. no one. (b) (w. part. gen.; also). (c) no one else. (d) no one whatever. (e) no single person (f) (w. quin). (g) no one yet.
(sts. written as one wd.), some persons, a few.
(w. neg., usu. following, resulting in an emphatic positive assertion). Everyone, everybody.
Adjective
(as adj. with abs. denoting persons) No. (b) ~o non, every.
Bene sciō mē multa nescīre; nēmō enim potest omnia scīre.Compare I well know that I do not know many things, for no one can know all things.
Tam dūrus erat ut nēmō eum amāret.Compare He was so harsh that no one loved him.
Vir bonus nēminī nocēre vult; omnibus parcit, omnēs iuvat.Compare A good man wishes to harm nobody; he spares all, he helps all.
At nemō erat quī istum hominem turpem dēfenderet.Compare But there was no one who would defend that base fellow.
Nēmō iūdex in causa sua.Compare No one should be a judge in their own cause.
Praestat enim nēminī imperāre quam alicui servīre: sine illo enim vīvere honestē licet, cum hōc vīvendi nūlla condiciō est. (M. Junius Brutus, fragment of De dictatura Pompei)Compare For it is better to give orders to no one than to be a slave to anyone: for without the former it is possible to live honorably, with the latter there is no way of living.
Nemo vos, qui in hic concilium advoco, quisquam dico volo aut audeo.Compare No one of you, who have been summoned to this assembly, wishes or dares to say anything.
Adventus is comprimo Etrusci, adeo ut nemo extra munimentum egredior audeo.Compare His arrival restrained the Etrurians, so completely that no one dared to go beyond the fortifications.
Singular | Plural | |
Nom. | nēmō | - |
Gen. | nullī / nullius / nēminis | - |
Dat. | nēminī | - |
Acc. | nēminem | - |
Abl. | nullō / nullā / nēmine | - |
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Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "nēmō, nullius, nēminī, nēminem, nullō, nullā (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed September 8, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/nemo-nulli-nullius-neminis.
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