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|lshtext=<b>singŭlāris</b>: e, adj. [[singuli]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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, id. 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In milit lang., subst.: singŭlāris, is, m.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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]], id. 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).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; One by one, [[singly]], [[separately]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (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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|georg=singulāris, e ([[singuli]]), zum einzelnen [[gehörig]], I) eig.; A) im allg.: a) aus einem einzelnen bestehend, [[einzeln]], vereinzelt, [[non]] est s.[[nec]] solivagum [[genus]] [[hoc]], Cic.: s. [[homo]], Caes.: s. homoprivatus, Cic.: [[ubi]] aliquos [[singulares]] ex navi egredi conspexerant, Caes.: [[hircus]], [[qui]] s. [[natus]] sit, [[eingeboren]] (griech. [[μονογενής]]), Plin.; vgl. s. [[hic]] [[mundus]] [[atque]] [[unigena]] (εις καὶ μονογενώς ουρανος γεγονώς, [[Plato]]), einzelne u. eingeschaffene, Cic.: [[herba]] s. (Ggstz. fruticosa), Plin.: s. [[deus]], der eingeschaffene, [[einige]], Lact. (s. Bünem. Lact. 1, 4, 8). – b) eines einzelnen, Einzel- (Ggstz. [[communis]]), [[pugna]], [[Einzelkampf]], [[Duell]], Macr.: so [[auch]] [[certamen]], Eutr.: [[imperium]], [[potentia]], Alleinherrschaft, Cic.: [[odium]] (Ggstz. [[communis]] [[invidia]]), Cic.: [[beneficium]] (Ggstz. [[commune]] [[officium]] civium), Cic.: sunt quaedam in te singularia (dir [[allein]] eigene, [[bei]] dir [[allein]] stattfindende Dinge)... quaedam [[tibi]] cum multis [[communia]], Cic. – c) v. Örtl., [[einzeln]] = abgesondert, [[locus]], Suet. Aug. 72, 2. – B) insbes.: 1) [[als]] gramm. t.t. zur [[Einzahl]]-, zum [[Singular]] [[gehörig]], [[res]] s., [[ein]] [[Singular]] (Ggstz. [[multitudo]]), [[Varro]] LL.: [[casus]] s., [[Varro]] LL.: [[numerus]], Quint.: s. [[nominativus]], [[genetivus]], Quint. – absol. = der [[Singular]], [[alii]] dicunt in singulari hāc ovi, [[alii]] hāc ove, [[Varro]] LL.: [[nam]] cum [[dico]] ›[[vultus]] hominis‹ [[pro]] vultu, [[dico]] [[pluraliter]], [[quod]] singulare est, Quint.: [[pleraque]], [[quae]] ex multitudine cum transeunt in singulare, [[difficulter]] efferuntur ore, [[Varro]] LL. – 2) singulārēs, ium, m., die Eliten, [[ein]] zu Entsendungen gebrauchtes, berittenes [[Korps]], a) im [[Gefolge]] [[des]] Kaisers, berittene Feldjäger od. Armeegendarmen, [[ala]] singularium, Tac. hist. 4, 70 (u. [[dazu]] Heräus u. Orelli): [[cohors]] singularium, Corp. inscr. Lat. 8, 9058 (vgl. 8, 2825 u. 9055): gew. vollst. equites [[singulares]], Hyg. de munit. castr. § 7 u. 8 a. Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 3227: so [[auch]] [[praefectus]] equitum singulariorum (Genet. Plur. [[von]] [[singularius]]), Corp. inscr. Lat. 11, 1836. – b) in dem Offizium der Präfekten, zu Entsendungen in die Provinzen [[gebraucht]], Cod. Iust. 1, 27, 1. § 8. – 3) singulāris, is, f., die [[Witwe]], Commodian. instr. 2, 31 (30), 15. – II) übtr.: 1) besonder = eine [[Ausnahme]] [[von]] allgemeinen Rechtsgrundsätzen enthaltend, [[ius]], ICt. – 2) [[einzig]], [[eigentümlich]], [[charakteristisch]] in seiner [[Beschaffenheit]], u. dah. [[ausgezeichnet]], [[vorzüglich]], [[außerordentlich]], a) im guten Sinne: [[Aristoteles]] [[meo]] iudicio in [[philosophia]] [[prope]] s., Cic.: [[qui]] ingenio [[atque]] [[animo]] [[singulares]], Cic.: Pompei [[singularis]] eximiaque [[virtus]], Cic.: [[fides]] s., Nep.: [[quid]] [[tam]] singulare (est) [[quam]] ut ex [[senatus]] [[consulto]] legibus [[solutus]] [[consul]] [[ante]] fieret, [[quam]] ullum [[alium]] magistratum per leges capere licuisset? Cic. de imp. [[Pomp]]. 62. – b) im üblen Sinne, absonderlich, [[crudelitas]], Caes.: [[nequitia]], Cic.

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