nūllus, nūlla, nūllum

Definitions for nūllus

Wheelock's Latin

Adjective

1
not any, no, none
English derivatives:
null nullify nullification annul

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Adjective

1
Not any, no. (b) (w. part gen., de or ex). (c) (w. sb. qualified by another adj.). (d) ~usdum not any so far. (e) (w. preceding negative, in litotes); esp. non ~us (often as one word), not inconsiderable, (pl.) not a few: see NONNVLLVS. (f) (hyperb., of what is small, slight, or unimportant).
2
(as sb.): (a) (masc.) No one. nobody (gen. and abl. regularly used for corresponding cases of nemo); (pl.) no persons. (b) (fem.) no woman. (c) (neut.) not anything, nothing; (abl.) in no respect; (pl.) no objects.
3
(cancelled by a succeeding negative to produce a strong affirmative statement); esp. ~us non = every, any (pl. = all); (masc. or fem. as sb.) = every or any man (woman).
4
(usu. as complement) Not existing or in evidence, not there: (a) (as being absent or wanting). (b) (as having ceased to exist); (hyperb., colloq.) ruined, done for. (c) (as having not yet come into existence). (d) (as being imaginary, insubstantial, or non-existent).
5
(in pred.) Not a; (esp. hyperb. of something that does not fully qualify for the name applied to it).

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Sentences with nūllus

Latin to English

Illī sōlī nūlla perīcula in hōc cōnsiliō vident.Compare Those men alone see no dangers in this plan.

Sī illī fidē carent, nūlla spēs est amīcitiae et pācis.Compare If those men lack faith, there is no hope of friendship and peace.

Quem nulla ambitio, nulla unquam largitio, nullus timor, vis nulla, nulla auctoritas movere potuit in iuventa de statu, ecce in senecta ut facile labefecit loco viri excellentis mente clemente edita, summissa placide blandiloquens oratio!Compare Never, when I was younger, could any urging, any promise of reward, any threat, compulsion, or command from above persuade me to stoop below my rank. Now, in my old age, an illustrious man has readily induced me to do so, by soft and flattering words, uttered with kindness.

De liberalibus studiis quid sentiam, scire desideras: nullum suspicio, nullum in bonis numero, quod ad aes exit.Compare You have been wishing to know my views with regards to liberal studies. My answer is this: I respect no study, and deem no study good, which results in money-making.

Firmissimum hoc adferri videtur, cur does esse credamus, quod nulla gens tam fera, nemo omnium tam est immanis, cuius mentem non imbuerit deorum opinio.Compare This seems to be advanced as the surest basis for our belief in the existence of god, that there is no race so uncivilized, no one in the would so barbarous that his mind has no inkling of a belief in gods.

Nulla est gloria praeterire asellos. Compare There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.

Quam cito ille omnis ex laetitia ad luctus recido, ut, qui paullo ante consul designatus sum, retineo repente nullus vestigium pristinus dignitas!Compare How quickly did all those things fall from gladness to sorrow, so that he, who a short time before had been consul elect, retained on a sudden no vestige of his former dignity!

Nullus magnus civitas quiesco possum: si foris hostis non habeo, domus invenio.Compare No great state can be quiet: if it has not an enemy abroad, it finds one at home.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 58.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1201.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119.

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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "nūllus, nūlla, nūllum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified September 11, 2023. Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/nullus-nulla-nullum.