Latin edit

Noun edit

nēminēs

  1. (post-Classical) nominative/accusative plural of nēmō
    Synonym: (Classical) nūllī/nūllōs/nūllae/nūllās
    • 1676, Bonaventure Baron, Ioannes Duns Scotus ordinis minorum doctor subtilis, de angelis, contra adversantes defensus, nunc quoque novitate amplificatus, Florence, page 212:
      ex alijs pauci aut nemines
      from others few or none
    • 1676, Bonaventure Baron, Ioannes Duns Scotus ordinis minorum doctor subtilis, de angelis, contra adversantes defensus, nunc quoque novitate amplificatus, Florence, page 482:
      Pro hac assertatione nõ possum allegare multos, quia pauci, (ne dicam nemines) eam tangunt ac tractant.
      For this assertion I cannot allege many, because few (I will not say none) touch and handle it.
    • 1682, Valentinus, a Sancto Amando [Valentin Beekcmans/Beeckmans/Valentin de Saint Amand], Prodromus Carmelitanus, sive R. P. Danielis Papebrochii Jesuitae, acta..., Cologne: Wilhelm Friessem, page 95:
      Et hoc etîam multis antiquior seculis Guilielmus de San-vico, Carmeli ipsius Eremita, et prior; Generales Ordinis, Grossus, Olerius, Mantuanus, Sorethius, suis de Ordine bene mereti scriptis, fuêre nemines? Joannes Bacho doctor resolutus, Thomas Bradley Episcopus Dromorensis, Hildesheim, Paleonydorus seu ab aqua veteri, de Molinis, de Vineta, de Ciminetho, Brunus, Leërsius, Muñoz, fuêre nemines?
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