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nēmō^ (
I.o long, Hor. S. 1, 1, 1; “short,Mart. 1, 40; Juv. 2, 83 al.), ĭnis (but in class. Lat. nullius is used for the gen., and nullo or nullā for the abl.; gen. neminis, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 106; Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.; abl. nemine, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 89; Cic. Or. Tog. Cand. Fragm. 19, p. 242 Klotz; Tac. A. 16, 27; id. H. 2, 47; Suet. Aug. 45; 95; id. Tib. 12; 17 et saep.; dat. nemini, rare but class., Caes. B. C. 1, 85, 12; Sall. C. 13, 1; id. J. 24, 4), m. and f. ne-homo; cf. praeda for praehenda: nemo compositum videtur ex ne et homo: quod confirmatur magis, quia in personā semper ponitur, nec pluraliter formari solet, quia intellegitur pro nullo, Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll., no man, no one, nobody: quem nemo ferro potuit superare nec auro, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 3, 3, 6 (Ann. v. 220 Vahl.): nemo me lacrimis decoret, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117 (Epigr. v. 3 ib.): quos non miseret neminis, id. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll. (Trag. v. 174 ib.); so Cato ib.; Lucil. ap. Non. 143, 19; Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 106: “facio pluris omnium hominum neminem,Cic. Att. 8, 2, 4; id. Fam. 6, 6, 10: “amicum ex consularibus neminem tibi esse video, praeter, etc.,id. ib. 1, 5, b, 2: “in quo (collegio) nemo e decem sanā mente sit,id. Leg. 3, 10, 24: “nemo ex tanto numero est, quin, etc.,id. Font. 2, 5: “nemo de iis, qui, etc.,id. de Or. 1, 43, 191: “omnium mortalium Sthenio nemo inimicior, quam, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107: “nemine juvante,Just. 9, 1, 4: “ubi nemo est, qui possit corrumpere,Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 46: “nemo reperietur, qui dicat, etc.,id. Font. Fragm. 2, 3; Cic. Att. 7, 3, 8.—Nemo non, every one, everybody, all: “aperte adulantem nemo non videt, nisi, etc.,Cic. Lael. 26, 99: “nemo Arpinas non Plancio studet,id. Planc. 9, 22; id. Fam. 4, 7, 2: “nemo potest non beatissimus esse,id. Par. 2, 17.—Non nemo, many a one, some: “video de istis abesse non neminem,Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10; id. Caecin. 28, 79: “quas leges ausus est non nemo improbus,id. Pis. 5, 10.—Strengthened by a negative following: “neminem deo, nec deum, nec hominem carum esse vultis,Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 121: “nemo umquam neque orator, neque poëta fuit, qui, etc.,id. Att. 14, 20, 2.—As adj.: “nemo homo,Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 29: “ut per biduum nemo hominem homo agnosceret,Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 96: “ut hominem neminem pluris faciam,id. Fam. 13, 55, 1.— “Nemo unus,no one, Liv. 28, 35; 2, 6; 3, 12: “nemo unus contra ire ausus est,Tac. A. 14, 45.—Nemo quisquam, no one at all, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 2; Gell. 2, 6, 9.—Nemo alter, Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 91; and nemo alius, no one else: “alium enim cui illam commendem habeo neminem,Cic. Att. 11, 9, 3; id. Mil. 17, 46.—
b. In fem.: “vicinam neminem amo magis quam te,Plaut. Casin. 2, 2, 12; Ter. And. 3, 2, 26.—
B. Trop., a nobody: “me moverat nemo magis quam is, quem tu neminem putas,Cic. Att. 7, 3, 8.—
II. Transf.
A. Adj., no, not any ( = nullus): nemo civis neque hostis, Enn. ap. Sen. Ep. 18, 5 (Epigr. v. 5 Vahl.): “se adhuc reperire discipulum, potuisse neminem,Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 129: “vir nemo bonus ab improbo se donari vult,id. Leg. 2, 16, 41: “opifex,id. N. D. 2, 32, 81; Nep. Att. 19, 3.—
B. Of things, for nullus (post-class.): neminem excepit diem, Prud. στεφ. 10, 744.
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