Timeline for Can "sum" and "nemo" work together to create a phrase meaning "I am no one?"
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| Jun 10, 2020 at 6:21 | comment | added | Figulus | @Lulah I think that nemo sum si egomet sum makes about as much sense as such an oracular saying can. | |
| Jun 9, 2020 at 22:38 | comment | added | Lulah | (Should I just break that off into a specific translation question?) | |
| Jun 9, 2020 at 21:58 | comment | added | Lulah | Makes good sense. So would my original thought of "Nemo sum si egomet sum" would work as an unemphatic "I am no one if I am myself"? Did I go too far with "Ego Nihil..."? Or would that also work as an emphatic version? | |
| Jun 9, 2020 at 21:30 | comment | added | Figulus | @Lulah Indeed. Nemo homo is actually pleonastic, since nemo is just a contraction for ne homo (no man). So nemo homo is just an emphatic way to say nemo. | |
| Jun 9, 2020 at 21:21 | comment | added | Lulah | Excellent. Is the use of both "nemo" and "homo" for emphasis on "man", then? | |
| Jun 9, 2020 at 21:08 | comment | added | Figulus | It's a fragmentary text, so there is not a lot of context: Quis tu homo es? nemo sum homo. (What man are you? I am no man.) | |
| Jun 9, 2020 at 20:57 | comment | added | Lulah | Could you provide a bit more context for the latter example? Perhaps how it's used in that sentence? | |
| Jun 9, 2020 at 20:42 | history | answered | Figulus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |