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sōlus , a, um (
I.gen. regular. solius; dat. soli; gen. m. soli, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.; dat. m. SOLO, Inscr. Orell. 2627; f. solae, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 28; Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 3), adj. orig. the same with sollus, q. v.; cf. salus. By Pott referred to sui, Kühn. Zeitschr. 5, 242.
I. Lit.
A. In gen., alone, only, single, sole (syn.: “unus, unicus, singularis): quod egomet solus feci, nec quisquam alius affuit,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 269: “cum omnibus potius quam soli perire voluerunt,Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 14: “cum visum esset utilius solum quam cum altero regnare,id. Off. 3, 10, 41: “licebit eum solus ames,id. Att. 6, 3, 7: “tot mea Solius solliciti sint causa, ut, etc.,Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 77: “nec mihi soli versantur ante oculos ... sed, etc.,Cic. Lael. 27, 102: “non sibi se soli natum meminerit,id. Fin. 2, 14, 45 fin.: “extra Peloponnesum Aenianes, etc. ... soli absunt a mari,id. Rep. 2, 4, 8: “quae sola divina sunt,id. Tusc. 1, 27, 66: “ita sola errare videbar,Enn. Ann. 1, 45; cf. Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 2: “Africanum solitum esse dicere, se numquam minus solum esse, quam cum solus esset,Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27: “rem narrabit sola soli,Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 15; 4, 1, 42; id. Eun. 3, 5, 31; Cato ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.: “de viginti Restabam solus,Ov. M. 3, 688: “solus ex plurimis servis,Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 23: “solus ex toto illo collegio,Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 18: “Stoici soli ex omnibus,id. de Or. 3, 18, 65: “tu ex omnibus,id. Fam. 2, 17, 6: “ego meorum solus sum meus,Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 21: “coturnices solae animalium,Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 69: “solus inter omnes,Mart. 4, 2, 1: “quae (actio) sola per se ipsa quanta sit, histrionum ars declarat,Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18; so, “per se,id. Top. 15, 59; Liv. 1, 49; 10, 1 al.—With subj. inf.: “nam solum habere velle summa dementia est,Cic. Tusc. 4, 26, 56.—Strengthened by unus: Ch. Quid, duasne is uxores habet? So. Obsecro: “unam ille quidem hanc solam,Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 27: “solum unum hoc vitium affert senectus hominibus,id. Ad. 5, 3, 47: “furta praetoris quae essent HS. duodecies, ex uno oppido solo exportata sunt,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185: “unam solam scitote esse civitatem, quae, etc.,id. ib. 2, 2, 5, § “13: te unum solum suum depeculatorem venisse,id. Pis. 40, 96.—With other numerals (freq. and class.), Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 51; Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 138; id. Att. 2, 1, 5; id. Phil. 11, 8, 18; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182: Ge. Quantum tibi opus est argenti? Ph. Solae triginta minae, Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 24; Caes. B. G. 1, 40: “qui solos novem menses Asiae praefuit,Cic. Att. 5, 17, 5; Liv. 1, 55, 8; 6, 36, 8; 37, 23, 10; and Suet. Aug. 97. —In voc.: felix lectule talibus sole amoribus, Attic. ap. Prisc. p. 673 P.—
B. In partic., alone, lonely, solitary, forsaken, deserted; without relatives, friends, etc. (rare; “syn. solitarius): sola sum: habeo hic neminem, Neque amicum neque cognatum,Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 67; cf. id. Ad. 3, 1, 4; id. And. 2, 3, 7: “solus atque omnium honestarum rerum egens,Sall. J. 14, 17; id. H. 3, 61, 3 Dietsch: “gaudet me vacuo solam tabescere lecto,Prop. 3, 5 (4, 6), 23.—
II. Transf., of places, lonely, solitary, unfrequented, desert, = desertus (class.): “hic solis locis composita sum, Hic saxa sunt, hic mare sonat, nec quisquam Homo mihi obviam venit,Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 22; cf.: “cum in locis solis moestus errares,Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59: “loca,Lucr. 6, 396; Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 5, 13, 28; Nep. Eum. 8, 6 (for which shortly before: loca deserta); Sall. J. 103, 1: “locus,Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 7; Ter. And. 2, 4, 3: “terrae,Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 8; id. Most. 4, 3, 3; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 86: “Libyae agri,Verg. G. 3, 249: “insula,Cat. 64, 184: “in harena,id. 64, 57: “solā sub rupe,Verg. E. 10, 14; Cat. 64, 154: “in monte,Tib. 1, 2, 72 (Müll. solito) et saep.—Hence, adv.: sōlum , alone, only, merely, barely.
2. Strengthened by modo, and joined with it in one word, sōlummŏdo (only late Lat., for the true reading, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 92, is unam tantum, Jan. Detlef.; “whereas tantummodo is class.): de exercitore solummodo Praetor sentit,Dig. 4, 9, 1, § 2: “pretii solummodo fieri aestimationem,ib. 9, 2, 23, § 1; 11, 5, 1, § 3; 28, 5, 1, § 1; Quint. Decl. 247; Tert. Res. Carn. 26; Hier. Ep. 12.—
B. Negatively: non solum, nec (neque) solum ... sed (verum) etiam (et), etc., not only (not merely, not barely) ... but also, etc. (class. and freq.): “non solum publicas, sed etiam privatas injurias ultus est,Caes. B. G. 1, 12 fin.: “urbes non solum multis periculis oppositae, sed etiam caecis,Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 6: “importantur non merces solum adventiciae, sed etiam mores,id. ib. 2, 4, 7: “neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,id. ib. 2, 15, 28: “te non solum naturā et moribus, verum etiam studio et doctrinā esse sapientem,id. Lael. 2, 6: “non nobis solum nati sumus,id. Off. 1, 7, 22: “ut sapiens solum contentus possit vivere,id. Fin. 1, 13, 44 Madv. ad loc.: “bestiae sibi solum natae sunt,id. ib. 3, 19, 63: “nec vero solum hanc libidinem laudant,id. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: “servavit ab omni Non solum facto verum opprobrio quoque turpi,Hor. S. 1, 6, 84: “non enim jus illud solum superbius populo, sed violentius videri necesse erat,Cic. Leg. 3, 7, 17; id. Cat. 3, 10, 24: “non solum ortum novum populum, sed adultum jam, etc.,id. Rep. 2, 11, 21: “quibus opibus ac nervis non solum ad minuendam gratiam, sed paene ad perniciem suam uteretur,Caes. B. G. 1, 20: “quae non solum facta esse, sed ne fieri quidem potuisse cernimus,Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28: “bene meriti de rebus communibus, ut genere etiam putarentur non solum ingenio esse divino,id. ib. 2, 2, 4: “neque solum civis, set cujusmodi genus hominum,Sall. C. 39, 6; v. non and sed.
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