ullus

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Italic *oinolos, diminutive of Proto-Italic *oinos (“one”), akin to Latin ūnus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈuːl.lus/, [ˈuːlːʲʊs̠]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈul.lus/, [ˈulːus]

Adjective[edit]

ūllus (feminine ūlla, neuter ūllum); first/second-declension adjective (pronominal)

any
Lēctiō sine ūllā dēlectātiōne.
A reading without any enjoyment.

Usage notes[edit]

Ūllus is usually found in negative sentences. It corresponds to aliquis in affirmations.
Ūllus (“any”) and quisquam (“anyone”) have similar and in some cases overlapping uses; ūllus is typically an adjective and quisquam a pronoun, but the opposite usages are also found.

Declension[edit]

First/second-declension adjective (pronominal).

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	ūllus	ūlla	ūllum	ūllī	ūllae	ūlla
Genitive	ūllī̆us ūllī			ūllōrum	ūllārum	ūllōrum
Dative	ūllī			ūllīs
Accusative	ūllum	ūllam	ūllum	ūllōs	ūllās	ūlla
Ablative	ūllō	ūllā	ūllō	ūllīs
Vocative	ūlle	ūlla	ūllum	ūllī	ūllae	ūlla

The declension ūllī in the genitive singular is rare but attested in Old Latin texts such as Truculentus by Plautus

Derived terms[edit]

nūllus

Related terms[edit]

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	interrogative	indefinite	(medial) demonstrative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
basic	quis, quī	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllus	is, iste, istic	hic	ille, illic	quī	quisquis, quīcumque	ipse, īdem	alter, alius
dual	uter	alteruter, uterque				uter	utercumque
number	quot	aliquot	tot			quot	quotquot, quotcumque	totidem
order	quotus		totus			quotus	quotuscumque
quantity	quam	aliquam	tam			quam	†quamquam	†tamen, †tandem
size	quantus	aliquantus	tantus			quantus	quantuscumque	tantusdem
quality	quālis	aliquālis	tālis			quālis	quālis, quāliscumque
manner	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	ita, sic, eō/istō modō	hōc modō	illō modō	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	item, itidem	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
method, path, place	quā	aliquā, quāque	eā, istāc	hāc	illāc	quā	quāquā, quācumque	eādem	aliā
place	ubi	alicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiam	ibi, istic	hīc	illīc	ubi	ubiubi, ubicumque	ibidem	alibī, aliās
source	unde	alicunde, undeunde	inde, istinc	hinc	illinc	unde	undecumque	indidem	aliunde
destination	quō, quōrsum	aliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	eō, istūc, °istōrsum	hūc, °hōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	quō	quōquō, quōcumque	eōdem	aliō, aliorsum
time	quandō	quondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquam	tum, tunc	num, nunc	ōlim	cum, quandō	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	simul	aliās
exact time	quota hōra		ea/ista hōra	hac hōra	illa hōra	quota hōra	quotacumque hōra	eadem hōra	altera/alia hōra
repetition	quotiēns	aliquotiēns	totiēns			quotiēns	quotiēnscumque
multiplication	quotuplex		totuplex			quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare

References[edit]

“ullus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ullus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
ullus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- without doubt, beyond all doubt: sine dubio (not sine ullo dubio)
- without any hesitation; without the least scruple: sine ulla dubitatione
- indisputably; incontestably: sine (ulla) controversia

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

ullus f (definite singular ullusa, indefinite plural ullus or ullyser, definite plural ullusene or ullysene)

Alternative spelling of ull-lus