no one Copy link Outline I. In ord. sense1. nēmo, ĭnis, c.2. nē quis (= that no one; after verbs of commanding, striving, etc.)II. A person of no account • no one, nobody: I. In ord. sense: 1. nēmo, ĭnis, c.: for which in gen. and abl. nullius, nullo, are preferred by the best authors (Kr.): sometimes in Cic. strengthened by homo (v. no, adj.): or (more emphatic) by unus (no one person), Liv. 28, 35, med. (ut nemo unus magis enise adjuverit rem Romanam); and n. quisquam, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 2. 2. nē quis (= that no one; after verbs of commanding, striving, etc.): it was a law at Athens that no one should bring forward a popular motion, lex erat Athenis, ne quis populi scitum faceret, Cic. opt. gen. Or. 7, init.: it was enacted by law that no one should make a tomb ..., lege sanctum est, ne quis sepulcrum faceret ..., id. Leg. 2, 26, 64: I will strive hard that no one may surpass me, *elaborabo (ut) ne quis me vincat, cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 72, fin. II. A person of no account: terrae filius, Petr. 43, med.: Cic.