ullus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *oinolos, 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. any
    Lēctiō sine ūllā dēlectātiōne.
    A reading without any enjoyment.

Usage notes
  • 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

First/second-declension adjective (pronominal).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ūllus ūlla ūllum ūllī ūllae ūlla
Genitive ūllī̆us 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

Derived terms
Latin correlatives (edit)
typeinterrogativeindefinite(medial)
demonstrative		proximal
demonstrative		distal
demonstrative		relativeindefinite
relative		identityother
basic quis, quīquis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllusis, iste, istichicille, illicquīquisquis, quīcumqueipse, īdemalter, alius
dual uteralteruter, uterqueuterutercumque
number quotaliquottotquotquotquot, quotcumquetotidem
order quotustotusquotusquotuscumque
quantity quamaliquamtamquam†quamquam†tamen, †tandem
size quantusaliquantustantusquantusquantuscumquetantusdem
quality quālisaliquālistālisquālisquālis, quāliscumque
manner ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodumutique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modōita, sic, eō/istō modōhōc modōillō modōut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodumutut, utcumque, quōmodocumqueitem, itidemaliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
method,
path,
place		 quāaliquā, quāqueeā, istāchācillācquāquāquā, quācumqueeādemaliā
place ubialicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiamibi, istichīcillīcubiubiubi, ubicumqueibidemalibī, aliās
source undealicunde, undeundeinde, istinchincillincundeundecumqueindidemaliunde
destination quō, quōrsumaliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsumeō, istūc, °istōrsumhūc, °hōrsumillūc, °illōrsumquōquōquō, quōcumqueeōdemaliō, aliorsum
time quandōquondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquamtum, tuncnum, nuncōlimcum, quandōcumque, quandōcumque, quandōquesimulaliās
exact time quota hōraea/ista hōrahac hōrailla hōraquota hōraquotacumque hōraeadem hōraaltera/alia hōra
repetition quotiēnsaliquotiēnstotiēnsquotiēnsquotiēnscumque
multiplication quotuplextotuplexquotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated
° Rare

References
  • “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, 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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