neminis

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈneː.mɪ.nɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛː.mi.nis]

Pronoun

nēminis

1. genitive masculine/feminine singular of nēmō
   • 239 BCE – 169 BCE, Ennius, tragoediae 140:

     lapideo sunt corde multi quos non miseret neminis

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   • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 5.2.101:

     [Nicobulus] […] Tua sum opera et propter te improbior? [Bacchis] Neminis quam mea mavellem.

     • 2011 translation by Wolfgang de Melo

       Am I less respectable now because of your effort and because of you? [Bacch.] I’d prefer it through my effort rather than anyone else’s.

   • c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 3.5.106–107:

     Neminis / miserere certum est, quia mei miseret neminem.

     • 1921 translation by Paul Nixon

       I am determined to pity no one, since no one pities me.

   • c. 165 BCE – 103 BCE, Gaius Lucilius, Saturae fragmenta 30.1010:

     neminis ingenio tantum confidere oportet

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   • c. 2nd century, Sextus Pompeius Festus, De Verborum Significatione 162:

     Neminis genitivo casu Cato usus est: "et quis diceret cum sit neminis." Idem de aedilibus vitio creatis: "neminisque . . . Ennius Erectheo: "lapideo sunt corde multi, quos non miseret neminis." Nemo compositum videtur ex ne, et homo: quod confirmatur magis, quia in persona semper ponitur, nec pluraliter formari solet, quia intellegitur pro nullo.

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