Nemo (Latin for "no one")

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Nemo is a Latin word meaning "no one" or "nobody," often used as a name in literature and popular culture to evoke anonymity or mystery.

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Label Occurrences
Nemo (Latin for "no one") canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin word ⓘ
ablativeForm nullo ⓘ
accusativeForm neminem ⓘ
appearsIn Latin liturgical and theological writings ⓘ
classical Latin literature ⓘ
medieval Latin texts ⓘ
caseSystem Latin declension ⓘ
category Latin indefinite pronouns ⓘ
connotation anonymity ⓘ
lack of identity ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
contrastWith aliquis (someone) ⓘ
quisquam (anyone) ⓘ
dativeForm nemini ⓘ
denotes absence of any person ⓘ
etymology from Latin ne (not) + homo (person, man) ⓘ
gender common gender ⓘ
genitiveForm nullius ⓘ
grammaticalNumber singular ⓘ
hasCulturalRole marker of anonymity in fiction ⓘ
source of symbolic character names ⓘ
influenced character name Captain Nemo ⓘ
character name Little Nemo ⓘ
use of Nemo as an alias or pseudonym ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
logicalMeaning there does not exist any person ⓘ
meaning no one ⓘ
nobody ⓘ
nominativeForm nemo ⓘ
orthography Nemo ⓘ
partOfSpeech pronoun ⓘ
person third person ⓘ
register classical Latin ⓘ
ecclesiastical Latin ⓘ
script Latin script ⓘ
semanticField indefinite pronoun ⓘ
semanticRole indefinite human referent ⓘ
usage impersonal reference to a person ⓘ
usedAs character name in popular culture ⓘ
personal name in literature ⓘ
usedFor emphasizing that no person is involved ⓘ
usedIn Latin legal maxims ⓘ
Latin proverbs ⓘ
usedToEvoke facelessness ⓘ
hidden identity ⓘ
unimportance of the individual ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nemo Studios → namedAfter → Nemo (Latin for "no one") ⓘ
Nemo Peak → namedAfter → Nemo (Latin for "no one") ⓘ