nemo
The Latin word nemo means no one or nobody.
How does it change in a sentence?
nemo is a masculine singular pronoun. Depending on its role in a sentence, you may need to use different forms: use neminem when the word is the direct object of a verb and use nemini when it is the indirect object of a verb.
Did you know?
- The phrase nemo me impune lacessit is the motto of the Order of the Thistle and the Kingdom of Scotland. It translates to 'no one provokes me with impunity'.
- The word nemo is used in the legal principle nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare, which is the basis for the right against self-incrimination. It literally means 'no one is bound to accuse himself'.
- Jules Verne named Captain Nemo in 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea' after the Latin word. By choosing this name, the captain signifies that he is a man without a name or a known identity.
Examples in context
- Nemo potest esse simul praesens et absensNobody can be both present and absent at the same time.
- Nemo hoc dicere potest.No one can say this.
- In horto nemo habitat.No one lives in the garden.
Example conversation
Quintus and Aurelia are looking for a missing book in a quiet room.
- QuintusUbi est liber meus?Where is my book?
- AureliaNemo habet eum.Nobody has it.
- QuintusCertum est quod hic est.It is certain that it is here.
- AureliaSed nemo eum invenit.But no one finds it.
