ullus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. (chiefly in the negative) any
    Lēctiō sine ūllā dēlectātiōne.
    A reading without any enjoyment.

Usage notes

  • Ūllus is usually found in negative sentences. It corresponds to aliquis (“some”) in affirmations.
  • Ūllus (“any”) is typically an adjective and quisquam (“any(one)”) a pronoun, but the opposite usages are also found. In particular, with masculine nouns that referred to persons, Cicero seems to have preferred quisquam over ūllus in the nominative, genitive, and dative cases (e.g. quisquam scrīptor, cuiusquam scrīptōris, cuiquam scrīptōrī), and used both quemquam and ūllum in the accusative (e.g. quemquam scrīptōrem, ūllum scrīptōrem).[1]

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (pronominal).

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
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

Latin correlatives (edit)
type demonstrative anaphoric identity interrogative indefinite negative other
proximal medial distal indefinite irrelative / emphatic relative indefinite free choice universal negative polarity
basic hic iste, istic ille, illic is ipse, īdem ecquis, ecquī, ecquisnam, ecquīnam quisnam, quīnam quis/quī quisquis, quīcumque quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam quīvis, quīlibet quisque quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam nēmō, nihil, nūllus alius
possessive* eccuius cuiusnam cuius cuiuscumque alicuius, cuiusdam cuiusvīs cuiusque cuiusquam
comparative (likeness) huiusmodī, huiuscemodī istī̆usmodī illī̆usmodī eiusmodī eiusdemmodī cuiusmodī cuiusmodīcumque alicuiusmodī, cuiusdammodī cuiusvīsmodī cuiusquemodī cuiusquammodī
dual uternam uter utercumque alteruter utervīs, uterlibet uterque neuter alter
place hīc istīc illīc ibī̆ ibī̆dem ubinam ubī̆ ubiubī̆, ubī̆cumque alicubī̆, uspiam ubivīs, ubilibet ubīque usquam nusquam, nūllibī alibī, aliās
source hinc istinc illinc inde indidem undenam unde undecumque, undeunde alicunde °undelibet undique undequam aliunde
destination hūc, °hōrsum istūc, °istōrsum illūc, °illōrsum eō eōdem ecquō quonam quō, quōrsum quōquō, quōcumque aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum quōvīs, quōlibet quōque quōquam nusquam, nūllōrsum aliō, aliōrsum
method,
means,
path,
place 		hāc istāc illāc eā eādem ecquā quānam quā quāquā, quācumque aliquā quāvīs, quālibet quāque °quāquam nēquāquam, haudquāquam aliā
manner hōc modō istō modō illō modō ita, sīc,
eō modō		 item, itidem utinam ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō quōmodolibet utīque utiquam, ūllō modō neutiquam, nūllō modō aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time †num, nunc ōlim tum, tunc simul ecquandō quandō, ‡cum quandōnē, quandōquandō, cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque quondam, aliquandō quandōlibet quandōque umquam numquam aliās
quantity †nam tam †tamen, †tandem quam †quamquam, quamcumque aliquam quamvīs, quamlibet quamque †quamquam
size tantus tantusdem quantus quantusquantus, quantuscumque aliquantus quantusvīs, quantuslibet
extend tantum tantumdem quantum, quantillum quantumcumque aliquantum quantumvīs, quantumlibet
size (smallness) tantulus quantulus, quantillus quantuluscumque aliquantulus quantuluslibet
quality tālis ecquālis quālisnam quālis quālisquālis, quāliscumque aliquālis quālislibet quālisque nihilī
number tot totidem quotinam quot quotquot, quotcumque aliquot quotlibet
order/fractional totus quotus quotuscumque aliquotus quotuslibet
repetition totiēns quotiēns quotiēnscumque aliquotiēns quotiēnslibet quotiēnsque
time (continuous) tamdiū quamdiū quamdiūcumque aliquamdiū quamque diū
multiplication totuplex quotuplex
proportion totuplus quotuplus
distributive quotēnus
time (future) quantūrus
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimilated
° Rare
‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative
* Ridiculed by most grammarians

References

  1. ^ Raphaël Kühner, editor (1835), M. Tullii Ciceronis Tusculanarum disputationum libri quinque ex Orellii recensione edidit et illustravit, page 334

Further reading

  • “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

Noun

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

  1. alternative spelling of ull-lus
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