ullus Latin · revision 17801

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la ūnus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈuːl.lʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈul.lus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ūllus''' (feminine ūlla, neuter ūllum); first/second-declension determiner (pronominal declension)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a diminutive of [[ūnus|t=one]], from [[m|itc-pro|*oinelos]], a diminutive of [[m|itc-pro|*oinos|t=one]], from [[ine-pro|*óynos]].^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short reconstruct ⟨*unulus⟩.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The OLD considers it probably a later formation than [[nūllus]], which goes back directly to ⟨*ne-oinolos⟩.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on: ''numquam ecastor ūllō diē rīsī adaequē'' “never on any day have I laughed so much”.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Ūllus'' means “any, any at all”; it is used chiefly in negative sentences, questions and conditions, while ''[[aliquis]]'' is used in affirmative ones.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In comparisons it means “any you care to name” (''magis quam ūllus'' “more than anyone”).^(OLD 2012)

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+ Its genitive is ''ūllīus'';^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Plautus also has ''ūllī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – First found in Plautus.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''neque lītēs ūllae inter eās''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Determiner===

+ # [[m|en|any]], any at all (in negative, interrogative and conditional sentences).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Any you care to name (in comparisons).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(as noun)'' Anyone.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ūllātenus]]

+ * [[necullus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ūnus]]

+ * [[nūllus]]

+ * [[aliquis]]

+ * [[quisquam]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}