Latin

Noun

nonnēmō m, f ‎(genitive nonnēminis); third declension

1. some persons, some, several, someone, a certain person, one man
   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)

     Non nemo etiam in illo sacrario rei publicae, in ipsa, inquam, curia non nemo hostis est.

     There are even some in this sacred temple of the republic, in the actual, I say, senate-house some enemies are.

   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)

     Video de istis qui se popularis haberi volunt, abesse non neminem, ne de capite videlicet civium Romanorum sententiam ferat.

     I see that of those [men] who wish to be considered attached to the people, one man is absent, that they may not seem forsooth to give a vote about the lives of Roman citizens.

2. a few

Usage notes

• nonnemo is often split up into "non nēmō"

Inflection

Irregular declension.

• Note: nonnūllō is masculine whereas nonnūllā is feminine.

References

• nonnemo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nonnemo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.