Citations:nullus

Latin citations of nūllō, nūlla, nūllam, nūllā, and nūllī̆us

Masculine

Ablative singular nūllō used as a masculine pronoun

With a preposition

• 80 BCE, Cicero, Pro Roscio Amerino 29.1:

  cum ab nullo defensus esset

• 46 BCE, Cicero, Brutus 301.7:

  primum memoria tanta, quantam in nullo cognovisse me arbitror

• 44 BCE, Cicero, De Officiis 1.14.15:

  etiamsi a nullo laudetur, natura esse laudabile

In an ablative absolute construction

• 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations 2.1.12:

  Palam iam cum hoste nullo impediente bellum iustum geremus

• 44 BCE, Cicero, De Officiis 3.77.20:

  Hoc quam habet vim nisi illam, nihil expedire quod non deceat, etiam si id possis nullo refellente optinere?

• 44 BCE, Cicero, De Officiis 3.68.6:

  Ipsae enim ferae nullo insequente saepe incidunt

• 62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 12.2.1.10:

  qui in eum primus invectus est nullo adsentiente

Ablative singular nūllō used in combination with a personal male noun

• 70 BCE, Cicero, In Verrem 2.2.155.11:

  quod nullo in homine antea fecerant

• 70 BCE, Cicero, In Verrem 2.3.45.12:

  quod quidem, iudices, nullo umquam de homine factum est

Feminine, used of female persons

Nominative singular nūlla

nūlla used in combination with a personal female noun

• Propertius, Elegiae 2.25.22:

  tū quoque, quī plēnō fastūs assūmis amōre,
  crēdule, nūlla diū fēmina pondus habet.

  • 1990 translation by G. P. Goold

    You, too, credulous one, who put on airs because your love is at the full, no woman can be relied on for long.

• Propertius, Elegiae 2.26b.6:

  nam mea cum recitat, dīcit sē ōdisse beātōs:
  carmina tam sānctē nūlla puella colit.

  • 1990 translation by G. P. Goold

    For when she recites my poems, she says she hates the rich: no other girl so devoutly worships poetry.

nūlla used pronominally without an accompanying noun

• c. 186 BCE, Plautus, Aulularia 498:

  Nūlla igitur dīcat "equidem dōtem ad tē adtulī
  maiōrem multō quam tibi erat pecūnia;
  enim mihi quidem aequomst purpuram atque aurum darī,
  ancillās, mūlōs, mūliōnēs, pedisequōs,
  salūtigerulōs puerōs, vehicla quī vehar."

  • 2011 translation by Wolfgang de Melo

    So no woman could say: "I brought a dowry to you which is far greater than the money you had. So it’s only fair that I should be given purple and gold, maids, mules, mule-drivers, manservants, pages to greet people, and carriages to drive in."

• 163 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Heauton Timorumenos 5.1022:

  convincēs facile ex tē nātum; nam tuī similest probē;
  nam illī nīl vītīst relictum quīn siet itidem tibi;
  tum praetereā tālem nisi tū nūlla pareret fīlium.

  • 2001 translation by John Barsby

    You’ll easily be able to prove that he’s your son; he’s exactly similar to you. He has every single one of your vices. And besides, no woman could bear such a son but you.

• Propertius, Elegiae 2.33b.41:

  nūlla tamen lectō recipit sē sōla libenter:
  est quiddam, quod vōs quaerere cōgat Amor.

  • 1990 translation by G. P. Goold

    Yet no woman willingly retires to bed alone: there is something which Love compels you all to seek.

Accusative singular nūllam

nūllam used in combination with a personal female noun

• c. 206 BCE – 188 BCE, Plautus, Mercator 512:

  Quasi dicas nullam mulierem bonam esse.

  • 2011 translation by Wolfgang de Melo

    As if you were to say that no woman is good.

• 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 2.364:

  Maneo. Interea intro ire neminem
  video, exire neminem; matronam nullam in aedibus,
  nil ornati, nil tumulti: accessi; intro aspexi.

  • 2001 translation by John Barsby

    I waited. During this time I saw nobody go inside, nobody come out; not a married woman in the house, no preparations, no bustle. I went up and looked inside.

nūllam used pronominally without an accompanying noun

• c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Curculio 615:

  [Curculio] Quod argentum, quas tu mihi tricas narras? Quam tu virginem
  me reposcis? [Therapontigonus] Quam ab lenone abduxti hodie, scelus viri.
  [Curculio] Nullam abduxi.

  • 2011 translation by Wolfgang de Melo

    [Curculio] What money, what nonsense are you telling me about? What girl are you demanding back from me? [Therapontigonus] The one you took away from the pimp today, you criminal. [Curculio] I didn’t take any away.

• Propertius, Elegiae 2.3.1:

  Qui nullam tibi dicebas iam posse nocere,
  haesisti, cecidit spiritus ille tuus!

  • 1990 translation by G. P. Goold

    You were saying that no girl could hurt you now, and here you are caught! Your proud spirit has succumbed!