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singŭlāris , e, adj. singuli.
I. Lit.
A. In gen., one by one, one at a time, alone, single, solitary; alone of its kind, singular (class.; “syn.: unus, unicus): non singulare nec solivagum genus (sc. homines),” i. e. solitary, Cic. Rep. 1, 25, 39: “hostes ubi ex litore aliquos singulares ex navi egredientes conspexerant,Caes. B. G. 4, 26: “homo,id. ib. 7, 8, 3; so, “homo (with privatus, and opp. isti conquisiti coloni),Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97: “singularis mundus atque unigena,id. Univ. 4 med.: “praeconium Dei singularis facere,Lact. 4, 4, 8; cf. Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 26: “natus,Plin. 28, 10, 42, § 153: “herba (opp. fruticosa),id. 27, 9, 55, § 78: singularis ferus, a wild boar (hence, Fr. sanglier), Vulg. Psa. 79, 14: “hominem dominandi cupidum aut imperii singularis,sole command, exclusive dominion, Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50; so, “singulare imperium et potestas regia,id. ib. 2, 9, 15: “sunt quaedam in te singularia ... quaedam tibi cum multis communia,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 88, § 206: “singulare beneficium (opp. commune officium civium),id. Fam. 1, 9, 4: “odium (opp. communis invidia),id. Sull. 1, 1: “quam invisa sit singularis potentia et miseranda vita,Nep. Dion, 9, 5: “pugna,Macr. S. 5, 2: “si quando quid secreto agere proposuisset, erat illi locus in edito singularis,particular, separate, Suet. Aug. 72.—
B. In partic.
1. In gram., of or belonging to unity, singular: “singularis casus,Varr. L. L. 7, § 33 Müll.; “10, § 54 ib.: numerus,Quint. 1, 5, 42; 1, 6, 25; 8, 3, 20; Gell. 19, 8, 13: “nominativus,Quint. 1, 6, 14: “genitivus,id. 1, 6, 26 et saep. —Also absol., the singular number: “alii dicunt in singulari hac ovi et avi, alii hac ove et ave,Varr. L. L. 8, § 66 Müll.; Quint. 8, 6, 28; 4, 5, 25 al.
2. In milit lang., subst.: singŭlāris , is, m.
a. In gen., an orderly man (ordonance), assigned to officers of all kinds and ranks for executing their orders (called apparitor, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 52): “SINGVLARIS COS (consulis),Inscr. Orell. 2003; cf. ib. 3529 sq.; 3591; 6771 al.
b. Esp., under the emperors, equites singulares Augusti, or only equites singulares, a select horse body-guard (selected from barbarous nations, as Bessi, Thraces, Bæti, etc.), Tac. H. 4, 70; Hyg. m. c. §§ 23 and 30; Inscr. Grut. 1041, 12 al.; cf. on the Singulares, Henzen, Sugli Equiti Singolari, Roma, 1850; Becker, Antiq. tom. 3, pass. 2, p. 387 sq.—
3. In the time of the later emperors, singulares, a kind of imperial clerks, sent into the provinces, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8; cf. Lyd. Meg. 3, 7.—
II. Trop., singular, unique, matchless, unparalleled, extraordinary, remarkable (syn.: unicus, eximius, praestans; “very freq. both in a good and in a bad sense): Aristoteles meo judicio in philosophiā prope singularis,Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132: “Cato, summus et singularis vir,id. Brut. 85, 293: “vir ingenii naturā praestans, singularis perfectusque undique,Quint. 12, 1, 25; so, “homines ingenio atque animo,Cic. Div. 2, 47, 97: “adulescens,Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 2.—Of things: “Antonii incredibilis quaedam et prope singularis et divina vis ingenii videtur,Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 172: “singularis eximiaque virtus,id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 3; so, “singularis et incredibilis virtus,id. Att. 14, 15, 3; cf. id. Fam. 1, 9, 4: “integritas atque innocentia singularis,id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 27: “Treviri, quorum inter Gallos virtutis opinio est singularis,Caes. B. G. 2, 24: “Pompeius gratias tibi agit singulares,Cic. Fam. 13, 41, 1; cf.: “mihi gratias egistis singularibus verbis,id. Cat. 4, 3: “fides,Nep. Att. 4: “singulare omnium saeculorum exemplum,Just. 2, 4, 6.—In a bad sense: “nequitia ac turpitudo singularis,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 106; so, “nequitia,id. ib. 2, 2, 54, § 134; id. Fin. 5, 20, 56: “impudentia,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 18: audacia (with scelus incredibile), id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 105: “singularis et nefaria crudelitas,Caes. B. G. 7, 77.— Hence, adv.: singŭlārĭter (singlā-rĭter , Lucr. 6, 1067).
1. One by one, singly, separately.
a. In gen. (ante- and post-class.): “quae memorare queam inter se singlariter apta, Lucr. l. l. Munro (Lachm. singillariter): a juventā singulariter sedens,apart, separately, Paul. Nol. Carm. 21, 727.—
b. In partic. (acc. to I. B. 1.), in the singular number: “quod pluralia singulariter et singularia pluraliter efferuntur,Quint. 1, 5, 16; 1, 7, 18; 9, 3, 20: “dici,Gell. 19, 8, 12; Dig. 27, 6, 1 al.
2. (Acc. to II.) Particularly, exceedingly: “aliquem diligere,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 117: “et miror et diligo,Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 1: “amo,id. ib. 4, 15, 1.
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