nullus: no Part of speech: adjective Example sentence: Nulla avaritia sine poena est. Sentence meaning: No greed is without punishment. Lots of impact here. null (adj.) "void of legal force, invalid," 1560s, from Middle French nul, from Latin nullus "not any, none," from ne- "not, no" (from PIE root *ne- "not") + illus "any," diminutive of unus "one" (from PIE root *oi-no- "one, unique"). Related entries & more nullity (n.) 1560s, "state or quality of being legally null and void," from French nullité (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin nullitalis, from Latin nullus "not any" (see null). From 1580s as "a state of nothingness;" in reference to persons, "a non-entity," by 1650s. Related entries & more nullifidian (n.) "one of no faith or religion," 1560s, from Latin nulli-, combining form of nullus "no" (see null) + fides "faith" (fr...