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|lshtext=<b>singŭli</b>: ae, a (in <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]> [[only]] [[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].;<br /><b>I</b><br /> v. [[infra]]), num. distr. adj. [cf. [[simul]], v. [[simplex]].<br /><b>I</b> One to [[each]], [[separate]], [[single]] (opp. universi; for syn. cf.: [[privus]], [[unusquisque]]): vini in culleos singulos quadragenae et singulae urnae dabuntur, [[Cato]], R. R. 148, 1: ut ad denas capras singulos [[parent]] hircos, Varr. R. R. 2, 3 fin.: binae singulis quae datae nobis ancillae, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 12: describebat censores binos in singulas civitates, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 133: duodena describit in singulos homines jugera, id. Agr. 2, 31, 85: filiae singulos filios parvos habentes, [[each]] one a [[boy]], Liv. 40, 4, 2: croci, myrrhae, singulorum ([[tantum]]), etc., of [[each]], Cels. 6, 11: [[singuli]] singulorum deorum sacerdotes, a [[priest]] to [[each]] [[god]], Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29: quos ex omni copiā [[singuli]] singulos delegerant, Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 20: si [[singuli]] singulos aggressuri fueritis, Liv. 6, 18, 6 et saep.—Sing.: nummo singulo multabatur (for [[which]], [[shortly]] [[before]]: [[poena]] erat [[nummus]] [[unus]] [[sestertius]]), Gell. 18, 13, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In [[dies]] singulos, adverb., from [[day]] to [[day]], [[every]] [[day]], [[daily]]; [[cottidie]] vel [[potius]] in [[dies]] singulos breviores litteras ad te [[mitto]], Cic. Att. 5, 7, 1: crescit in [[dies]] singulos hostium [[numerus]], id. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Att. 2, 22, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> In gen., [[single]], [[separate]], [[individual]]: [[populus]] rationi (obtemperare debet), nos [[singuli]] [[populo]], Varr. L. L. 9, § 6 Müll.: honestius eum (agrum) vos universi [[quam]] [[singuli]] possideretis, Cic. Agr. 2, 31, 85: [[antepono]] singulis (generibus rei publicae) illud, [[quod]] conflatum fuerit ex omnibus, id. Rep. 1, 35, 54: [[refert]], qui audiant ... frequentes an [[pauci]] an [[singuli]], id. de Or. 3, 55, 211: ut conquisitores [[singuli]] in subsellia Eant, Plaut. Am. prol. 65: singulorum [[dominatus]], Cic. Rep. 1, 39, 61; 1, 40, 63; 2, 1, 2 et saep.: proderit per se ipsum secedere: meliores erimus [[singuli]], [[alone]], Sen. Ot. Sap. 1, 1 (id. Vit. Beat. 28, 2): [[quod]] est miserrimum, [[numquam]] sumus [[singuli]], id. Q. N. 4, § 2 praef.—Sing. (for the [[class]]. [[unus]] or [[singularis]]): [[attat]] singulum [[video]] [[vestigium]], a [[single]] [[trace]], Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 34: de [[caelo]] et tritico non infitias eo, [[quin]] singulo [[semper]] [[numero]] dicenda sint, in the [[singular]] [[number]], Gell. 19, 8, 5: [[semel]] unum singulum est, Varr. ap. Non. p. 171, 20 al.; cf. Mart. Cap. 3, § 325.
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