I.gen. sing. unĭus, Lucr. 2, 379; Verg. A. 1, 41; Hor. S. 1, 6, 13 al.: “unīus,” Verg. A. 1, 251; Ov. M. 13, 181 al.; ante-class. collat. form of the gen. sing. uni, Titin. ap. Prisc. pp. 694 and 717 P.; dat. m. uno, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 6; dat. f. unae, Cato, R. R. 19, 1; acc. OINO, C. I. L. l. l.; voc. une, Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 673 P.; Cat. 37, 17; cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 63 Müll.; Aug. Conf. 1, 7), num. adj. cf. Gr. οἴνη, οἶος; Goth. ains; Germ. eins; Engl. one.
I. Prop.
A. In gen., one, a single.
1. Sing.: “dabitur tibi amphora una et una semita, Fons unus, unum aënum et octo dolia,” Plaut. Cas. 1, 33 sq.: “mulieres duas pejores esse quam unam,” id. Curc. 5, 1, 2: “pluris est oculatus testis unus, quam auriti decem,” id. Truc. 2, 6, 8: “unius esse negotium diei,” Caes. B. C. 3, 82: “mors Tiberii Gracchi ... divisit populum unum in duas partes,” Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 31: “cum penes unum est omnium summa rerum, regem illum unum vocamus,” id. ib. 1, 26, 42: “qui uno et octogesimo anno scribens est mortuus,” id. Sen. 5, 13; cf. Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 141.—Corresponding to alter: “Helvetii continentur unā ex parte flumine Rheno, alterā ex parte monte Jurā,” Caes. B. G. 1, 2: “unum, alterum, tertium annum Sassia quiescebat,” Cic. Clu. 64, 178; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 29, § 66; 2, 5, 29, § 76: “exercituum unus ... alter,” Liv. 24, 44, 1: “ratio triplex: una de vitā et moribus, altera de naturā,” Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19: “cum duas cerneret vias, unam Voluptatis, alteram Virtutis,” id. Off. 1, 32, 118: “unam Nicaeam, alteram Bucephalen vocavit,” Just. 12, 8, 8; and, connected with alter: “habetur una atque altera contio vehemens,” repeated, several, Cic. Clu. 28, 77: “neque in uno aut altero animadversum est, sed jam in pluribus,” one or two, id. Mur. 21, 43: “meae verecundiae sufficit unus aut alter, ac potius unus,” Plin. Ep. 2, 13. 3; “4, 3, 1: excepto patre tuo, praeterea uno aut altero,” id. Pan. 45: “unus atque alter et mox plures,” Suet. Claud. 12: “unus et alter assentiuntur,” Curt. 5, 7, 4: “sed postquam amans accessit ... Unus et item alter,” Ter. And. 1, 1. 50: “amici, Qui modo de multis unus et alter erant,” Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 16; “rarely unus post unum (= singuli deinceps): interiere,” Aur. Vict. Epit. 26, 41: “uno plus Tuscorum cecidisse in acie (sc. quam Romanorum),” Liv. 2, 7, 2; cf.: “legem unā plures tribus antiquarunt quam jusserunt,” id. 5, 30, 7.—
b. With gen. part.: Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres: quarum unam incolunt Belgae, aliam, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 1: “totam philosophiam tres in partes diviserunt ... quarum cum una sit, etc.,” Cic. Fin. 4, 2, 5: “superiores tres erant, quarum est una sola defensa,” id. ib. 5, 7, 20: “orare ut trium harum rerum unam ab se impetrari sinerent,” Liv. 42, 23, 5.—
2. Plur.: “ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,” Ter. And. 4, 1, 50: molas asinarias unas, et trusatiles unas, Hispanienses unas. Cato, R. R. 10, 4; so, “molae,” id. ib. 13, 1: “quadrigae,” Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 14: “similitudines, unae rerum, alterae verborum,” Auct. Her. 3, 20, 33: “adductus sum tuis unis et alteris litteris,” Cic. Att. 14, 18, 1: “decumae,” Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227: “tibi invideo, quod unis vestimentis tam diu lautus es,” id. Fl. 29, 70: “satis una superque Vidimus excidia,” Verg. A. 2, 642; Luc. 4, 548.—
b. With gen. part.: “tria Graecorum genera sunt, quorum uni sunt Athenienses, etc.,” Cic. Fl. 27, 64.—
B. Esp.
1. Adverbial expressions.
a. Ad unum, all together, unanimously, to a man, without exception: “amplius duūm milium numero ad unum terga vertebant, Auct. B. Afr. 70: consurrexit senatus cum clamore ad unum,” Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2: “Juppiter, si nondum exosus ad unum Trojanos,” Verg. A. 5, 687: “cui sunt adsensi ad unum (senatores),” Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 2: “ipsos ad unum caedere,” Curt. 7, 5, 32; “usu. with omnes,” Cic. Lael. 23, 86; Liv. 21, 42, 2; Caes. B. C. 3, 27; cf. ad, C. 2.—
b. In unum, into one, to one place, together: “Fibrenus divisus aequaliter in duas partes latera haec alluit, rapideque dilapsus cito in unum confluit,” Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6; cf. Sall. J. 51, 3; Liv. 30, 11, 4; 44, 7, 8; Verg. E. 7, 2; Ov. R. Am. 673.—
2. Of that which is common to several persons or things, one and the same.
a. Alone.
(α).
Sing.: “cum suo sibi gnato unam ad amicam de die Potare,” Plaut. As. 4, 2, 16: “uno exemplo ne omnes vitam viverent,” id. Mil. 3, 1, 132; cf. id. Capt. prol. 20: “unius aetatis clarissimi et sapientissimi nostrae civitatis viri,” Cic. Rep. 1, 8, 13: “illa cum uno tempore audīsset, etc.,” id. Clu. 9, 28: “atque uno etiam tempore accidit, ut, etc.,” Caes. B. C. 3, 15: “omnibus hic erit unus honos,” Verg. A. 5, 308: “omnes una manet nox,” Hor. C. 1, 28, 15: “unus utrique Error,” id. S. 2, 3, 51: “parentum injuriae Unius modi sunt ferme,” Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 31: “noli putare tolerabiles horum insanias nec unius modi fore,” Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5; so, “unius modi,” id. Univ. 7.—Esp., uno ore, with one voice, all together, unanimously: “ceteri amici omnes Uno ore auctores fuere, ut, etc.,” Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 20: “de cujus utilitate omnes uno ore consentiunt,” Cic. Lael. 23, 86: “unoque omnes eadem ore fremebant,” Verg. A. 11, 132.—
(β).
Plur.: “aderit una in unis aedibus,” Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 76: “unis moribus et nunquam mutatis legibus vivunt,” Cic. Fl. 26, 63.—
b. Connected with idem: “exitus quidem omnium unus et idem fuit,” Cic. Div. 2, 47, 97: “in quā (sc. causā) omnes sentirent unum atque idem,” id. Cat. 4, 7, 14: “ferar unus et idem,” Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 200; Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 18.—
c. Corresponding to idem: “non semper idem floribus est honor Vernis, neque uno Luna rubens nitet Vultu,” Hor. C. 2, 11, 10.—
3. For solus, of that which is alone, by itself; one, alone, only, sole, single.
a. Sing.
(α).
Alone: “hic unus, ut ego suspicor, servat fidem,” Plaut. Trin. 4, 4, 21: “unum hoc scio, hanc meritam esse, ut memor esses sui,” Ter. And. 1, 5, 46; cf.: “unum hoc definio, tantam esse necessitatem virtutis, etc.,” Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1: “cum mihi sit unum opus hoc a parentibus meis relictum,” id. ib. 1, 22, 35: “nunc vero eversis omnibus rebus, una ratio videtur,” id. Fam. 6, 21, 1: “itaque unum illud erat insitum priscis illis,” id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27: “quove praesidio unus per tot gentes pervenisset?” Liv. 1, 18, 3: “erat omnino in Galliā ulteriore legio una,” Caes. B. G. 1, 7: “Pompejus plus potest unus, quam ceteri omnes,” Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: “cui (sc. mihi) semper uni magis, quam universis, placere voluisti,” id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16, § 46: “qui (sc. Demosthenes) unus eminet inter omnes in omni genere dicendi,” id. Or. 29, 104: “te unum in tanto exercitu mihi fuisse adsensorem,” id. Fam. 6, 21, 1.—Absol.: “de Antonio nihil dico praeter unum,” Cic. Sest. 3, 8.—
(β).
With ex: “cum te unum ex omnibus ad dicendum maxime natum aptumque cognōssem,” Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 99: illc unus ex omnibus Italicis intactus profugit, Sall. J. 67, 3; 69, 4.—
(γ).
With gen.: “ille unus ordinis nostri discessu meo palam exsultavit,” Cic. Sest. 64, 133: “quod post Cannensem cladem unus Romanorum imperatorum prospere rem gessisset,” Liv. 23, 30, 19.—
(δ).
With sup.: “tu, quam ego unam vidi mulierem audacissumam,” Plaut. As. 3, 1, 16: “unus istic servos est sacerrumus,” id. Most. 4, 2, 67: “rem unam esse omnium difficillimam,” Cic. Brut. 6, 25: “urbem unam mihi amicissimam declinavi,” id. Planc. 41, 97: “quo ego uno equite Romano familiarissime utor,” id. Fam. 13, 43, 1: “virum unum totius Graeciae doctissimum Platonem accepimus,” id. Rab. Post. 9, 23.—(ε) With magis: “quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam Posthabitā coluisse Samo,” Verg. A. 1, 15.—(ζ) With comp.: “sagacius unus odoror,” Hor. Epod. 12, 4.—(η) Strengthened by solus: “unus est solus inventus, qui, etc.,” Cic. Sest. 62, 130; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 5, § 13: “ex uno oppido solo,” id. ib. 2, 2, 75, § “185: nil admirari prope res est una, Numici, Solaque, quae, etc.,” Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 1: “te unum, solum suum depeculatorem, vexatorem ... venisse senserunt,” Cic. Pis. 40, 96: “unus solusque censebat,” Plin. Pan. 76.—(θ) Strengthened by tantum (rare before the Aug. age; once in Cic.; cf. Halm ad Cic. Sull. 22, 62): “inter bina castra ... unum flumen tantum intererat,” Caes. B. C. 3, 19: “excepit unum tantum, nihil amplius,” Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74: “unius tantum criminis in vincla te duci jubeo,” Liv. 3, 56, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.: “unā tantum perforatā navi,” id. 21, 50, 6; 34, 9, 5; 44, 43, 6; Just. 8, 5, 5; Sen. Ep. 79, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120; 11, 37, 47, § 131; Cels. 5, 28, 14; cf. absol.: “unum defuisse tantum superbiae, quod, etc.,” Liv. 6, 16, 5.—(ι) Strengthened by modo (class.): “nam aliis unus modo, aliis plures, aliis omnes eidem videntur,” Cic. Or. 54, 180: “hi unum modo quale sit suspicantur,” id. ib. 9, 28: “hoc autem si ita sit, ut unum modo sensibus falsum videtur,” id. Ac. 2, 32, 101; id. Phil. 1, 6, 14; Sall. J. 89, 6; id. H. 3, 61, 12 Dietsch; Liv. 22, 45, 4; 23, 42, 5.—(κ) Unus for unus omnium maxime: “quae tibi una in amore atque in deliciis fuit,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 3; so, “Nautes, unum Tritonia Pallas Quem docuit,” Verg. A. 5, 704.—(λ) Emphat., with negatives, no one person or thing, not a single one, none whatever: “eum si reddis mihi, praeterea unum nummum ne duis,” Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 81: “nemo de nobis unus excellat,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 105: “ut unum signum Byzantii ex maximo numero nullum haberent,” id. Prov. Cons. 4, 7: “nullā re unā magis oratorem commendari, quam, etc.,” id. Brut. 59, 216: “haec adhortatio praetoris non modo quemquam unum elicuit ad suadendum, sed ne fremitum quidem movit (i. e. non modo non ... sed),” Liv. 32, 20, 7: “quia nemo unus satis dignus regno visus est,” id. 2, 6, 3: “eo mortuo ad neminem unum summa imperii redit,” Caes. B. C. 3, 18: “Rhodiis ut nihil unum insigne, ita omnis generis dona dedit,” Liv. 41, 20, 7; cf. id. 3, 45, 4.—
b. Plur.: “sequere me Tres unos passus,” three single steps, only three steps, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 34: “unae quinque minae,” id. Ps. 1, 1, 52: “ruri dum sum ego unos sex dies,” id. Trin. 1, 2, 129; id. Cist. 4, 2, 68: “sese unis Suebis concedere,” Caes. B. G. 4, 7: “Ubii, qui uni legatos miserant,” id. ib. 4, 16: “ut unis litteris totius aestatis res gestas ad senatum perscriberem,” Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 3: “abs te ipso, qui me accusas, unas mihi scito litteras redditas esse,” id. Att. 1, 5, 4.
II. Transf., indef., a or an, one, some, some one.
A. Without a pron.
1. Absol.: “inter mulieres, Quae ibi aderant, forte unam aspicio adulescentulam, etc.,” Ter. And. 1, 1, 91: “ibi una aderit mulier lepida, etc.,” Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 38: “sicut unus paterfamilias his de rebus loquor,” Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 132; cf.: “me una haec res torquet, quod non Pompejum tanquam unus manipularis secutus sim,” id. Att. 9, 10, 2.—
2. With ex: “ut me sic audiatis ut unum e togatis,” Cic. Rep. 1, 22, 36; cf.: “qui non fuit orator unus e multis: potius inter multos prope singularis fuit,” id. Brut. 79, 274: “ex principibus unus nomine Polyaenus,” Liv. 24, 22, 1: “unus ex ultimā turbā,” id. 24, 27, 1.—
4. With gen. part. (not in Cic.): “eregione unius eorum pontium,” Caes. B. G. 7, 35: “Apollonides principum unus orationem habuit,” Liv. 24, 28, 1: “pastorum unus,” id. 10, 4, 8 : “servus unus exulum initium fecit,” id. 25, 23, 6: “scortum transfugarum unius,” id. 26, 12, 16; 26, 33, 11; 30, 42, 30; 37, 23, 7; “40, 5, 10: unus turbae militaris,” id. 22, 42, 4; 6, 40, 6: “unus hostium Latinae linguae sciens,” Tac. A. 2, 13: “una Amazonum,” id. ib. 4, 56: “unum se civium (esse) respondit,” id. ib. 12, 5.—
5. With sup.: “est huic unus servos violentissimus, Qui, etc.,” Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 39; cf.: “tanquam mihi cum M. Crasso contentio esset, non cum uno gladiatore nequissimo,” Cic. Phil. 2, 3, 7.—
B. With,
1. Aliquis: “ex quibus si unum aliquod in te cognoveris, etc.,” Cic. Div. in Caecil. 9, 27; cf.: “ad unum aliquem confugere,” id. Off. 2, 12, 41: “unius alicujus,” id. Fin. 3, 19, 64; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 62; 2, 2, 3, § 9; id. Phil. 10, 1, 3.—In the order aliquis unus, Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48.—
2. Quidam: “est enim eloquentia una quaedam de summis virtutibus,” Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 55: “unius cujusdam,” id. ib. 2, 10, 40.—
4. Quilibet: “queratur unus quilibet militis mei injuriam,” Liv. 42, 42, 3: “unus Quiritium quilibet,” id. 6, 40, 6: “quilibet unus ex iis, quos, etc.,” id. 9, 17, 15.—
5. Quisque: “ponite ante oculos unum quemque regum,” Cic. Par. 1, 2, 11; so, “unus quisque (and sometimes in one word, unusquisque): unāquāque de re,” id. Font. 10, 21: “unum quodque,” id. Rosc. Am. 30, 83: “unum quidque,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 59, § 132; cf. Caes. B. C. 2, 29: “domini capitis unius cujusque,” Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48.—
6. Quisquis: “sin unum quicquid singillatim et placide percontabere,” Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 39: “unum quicquid,” Lucr. 5, 1388.—
C. Private, un official, a private person, a private citizen (post-class.): “dicentes publicam violationem fidei non debere unius lui sanguine,” Vell. 2, 1, 5: “pro uno homine jactura publica pacisceris,” Sen. Suas. 7, 3.—Adv.: ūnā (acc. to I. B. 1.), in one and the same place, at the same time, in company, together: “qui cum Amphitruone hinc una ieram in exercitum,” Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 248: “hic Juppiter hodie ipse aget, Et ego una cum illo,” id. ib. prol. 95: “quod summi puerorum amores saepe una cum praetextā togā ponerentur,” Cic. Lael. 10, 33: “i mecum, obsecro, una simul,” Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 43: “mandata eri perierunt, una et Sosia,” id. Am. 1, 1, 182: “si mei consilii causam rationemque cognoverit, una et id quod facio probabit, et, etc.,” Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1: “qui una venerant,” id. Rep. 1, 12, 18: “cum et ego essem una et pauci admodum familiares,” id. Lael. 1, 2: “si in Italiā consistat (Pompejus), erimus una,” id. Att. 7, 10; id. Fin. 2, 24, 79; id. Brut. 21, 81.—Poet., with dat.: “Pallas huic filius una, Una omnes juvenum primi pauperque senatus Tura dabant,” at the same time, along with him, Verg. A. 8, 104 sq.