singulus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”) + distributive particle *ǵʰo- (compare Albanian gjithë).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsin.ɡu.lus/, [ˈsɪŋ.ɡʊ.ɫʊs]

Adjective

singulus (feminine singula, neuter singulum); first/second declension

  1. single
  2. apiece
  3. every
    • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, De brevitate vitae 13:
      Persequi singulos longum est quorum aut latrunculi aut pila aut excoquendi in sole corporis cura consumpsere uitam.
      It would be tedious to mention all the different men who have spent the whole of their life over chess or ball or the practice of baking their bodies in the sun.
  4. one each, one at a time

Usage notes

Usually only used in the plural (singulī).

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative singulus singula singulum singulī singulae singula
Genitive singulī singulae singulī singulōrum singulārum singulōrum
Dative singulō singulō singulīs
Accusative singulum singulam singulum singulōs singulās singula
Ablative singulō singulā singulō singulīs
Vocative singule singula singulum singulī singulae singula

First/second declension, no singular.

Number Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative singulī singulae singula
Genitive singulōrum singulārum singulōrum
Dative singulīs
Accusative singulōs singulās singula
Ablative singulīs
Vocative singulī singulae singula

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • singulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • singulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • singulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • singulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • year by year; day by day: singulis annis, diebus
    • from day to day: in dies (singulos)
    • corn had gone up to 50 denarii the bushel: ad denarios L in singulos modios annona pervenerat
  1. Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages (Leiden: Brill, 2009), 566.
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