neminis

Latin

Pronoun

nēminis m or f sg

1. genitive of nēmō
   • 239 BCE – 169 BCE, Ennius, tragoediae 140:

     lapideo sunt corde multi quos non miseret neminis

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

     neminis ingenio tantum confidere oportet

   • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 1201:

     Tua sum opera et propter te improbior? [Bacch.] 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 764:

     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. 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.