FromProto-Italic*noinolos, from*ne oinolos(literally“not (a) little one”), from a diminutive ofProto-Italic*oinos(“one”), fromProto-Indo-European*óynos. Bysurface analysis,ne(“not”) +‎ūllus(“any”), literally“not any”.^[1]

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): [ˈnuːl.lʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): [ˈnul.lus]

nūllus (femininenūlla,neuternūllum);first/second-declension pronoun (pronominal declension or non-pronominal declension)

1. no one,none,notany,nothing

   Nūllum amat.

   He loves no one.

   • 161BCE,Publius Terentius Afer,Eunuchus41:

     Nūllumst iam dictum quod nōn sīt dictum prius.

     Nothing is said now that has not been said before.
     (An elision ofnullum est, meaning “there is nothing” or “nothing is.”)

   • 63BCE,Cicero,Catiline OrationsOratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.30:

     Quamquamnōn nūllī sunt in hōc ōrdine, quī aut ea, quae imminent, nōn videant aut ea, quae vident, dissimulent; […] .

     And yet,it is not that there are none in this very body (the Senate) who either do not see [the dangers] that are imminent, or who conceal [what] they do see; […] .
     (Exemplifieslitotes, and conveys the opposite understanding: “there are some.”)

First/second-declension pronoun (pronominal declension or non-pronominal declension).

nūllus (femininenūlla,neuternūllum);first/second-declension determiner (pronominal declension or non-pronominal declension)

1. no,notany
   • c. 97CE – 104CE,Pliny the Younger,Epistulae1.9:

     nūllā spē,nūllō timōre sollicitor,nūllīs rūmōribus inquiētor: mēcum tantum et cum libellīs loquor.

     I amnot disturbed byany hope,not byany fear; I amnot disquieted byany rumours: I speak only with me and with the little books.

2. (chieflypre-classical and conversational)used instead ofnōn ornē, declined according to the subject of the verb
   • c. 195BCE,Plautus,Trinummus3.1.3–5:

     Cui homini despondit? ― Lysiteli Philtonis filio,
     sine dote. ― Sine dote ille illam in tantas divitias dabit?
     Non credibile dicis. ― At tu edepolnullus creduas.

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

   • 165BCE,Publius Terentius Afer,Hecyra1.78–80:

     Audin quid dicam, Scirte? si quaeret me, uti
     tum dicas; si non quaeret,nullus dixeris,
     alias ut uti possim causa hac integra.

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

   • 70BCE,Cicero,In Verrem2.2.43:

     Petatur hereditas ea, quaenulla debetur, in praedam praetoris?

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

First/second-declension determiner (pronominal declension or non-pronominal declension).

Romance

Some Romance descendants may be borrowings.

Other languages

• “nullus”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nullus”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891),An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "nullus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange,Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “nullus”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894),Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London:Macmillan and Co.
  • to devote every spare moment to...; to work without intermission at a thing:nullum tempus intermittere, quin (alsoab opere, orad opus)
    
  • to be of great (no) importance:magni (nullius) momenti esse
    
  • no opportunity of carrying out an object presents itself:nulla est facultas alicuius rei
    
  • to avoid no risk in order to..:nullum periculum recusare pro
    
  • I had not deserved it:nullo meo merito
    
  • not to leave off work for an instant:nullum tempus a labore intermittere
    
  • without any trouble:nullo negotio
    
  • without reflection; inconsiderately; rashly:nullo consilio, nulla ratione, temere
    
  • to make all possible haste to..:nullam moram interponere, quin (Phil. 10. 1. 1)
    
  • without delay:sine mora ornulla mora interposita
    
  • nothing will ever make me forgetful of him:memoriam eius nulla umquam delebit (obscurabit) oblivio (Fam. 2. 1)
    
  • to know nothing of logic:disserendi artem nullam habere
    
  • to arrange on strictly logical principles:ratione, eleganter (opp.nulla ratione, ineleganter, confuse)disponere aliquid
    
  • to say nothing either for or against an argument:in nullam partem disputare
    
  • no sound passed his lips:nulla vox est ab eo audita
    
  • to not say a word:nullum (omnino) verbum facere
    
  • no word escaped him:nullum verbum ex ore eius excidit (or simplyei)
    
  • not to understand a single word:verbum prorsus nullum intellegere
    
  • to possess not the least spark of feeling:nullam partem sensus habere
    
  • to fulfil one's duty in every detail:nullam officii partem deserere
    
  • to act reasonably, judiciously:prudenter, considerate, consilio agere (opp.temere, nullo consilio, nulla ratione)
    
  • to be conscious of no ill deed:nullius culpae sibi conscium esse
    
  • with no moderation:sine modo; nullo modo adhibito
    
  • to have no principles:omnia temere agere, nullo iudicio uti
    
  • absence of scruples, unconscientiousness:nulla religio
    
  • to have no constitution, be in anarchy:nullam habere rem publicam
    
  • to be neutral:nullius orneutrius (of two)partis esse
    
  • lawlessness; anarchy:leges nullae
    
  • lawlessness; anarchy:iudicia nulla
    
  • there are whispers of the appointment of a dictator:non nullus odor est dictaturae (Att. 4. 18)
    
  • absence of justice:ius nullum
    
• nullus inRamminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)),Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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