singularis

Danish

Noun

singularis

1. (grammar) singular

Synonyms

• ental

Antonyms

• flertal, pluralis

Latin

Etymology

From singulus +‎ -āris.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sin.ɡuˈlaː.ris/, [s̠ɪŋɡʊˈɫ̪äːrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sin.ɡuˈla.ris/, [siŋɡuˈläːris]

Adjective

singulāris (neuter singulāre, adverb singulāriter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. singular, unique, unusual

   Synonym: ūnicus

   • Julius Caesar Commentāriī dē Bellō Gallicō

     Quibus omnibus rebus permoti equites Treveri, quorum inter Gallos virtutis opinio est singularis...

     "All these events alarmed certain horsemen of the Treveri, whose reputation for valour among the Gauls is unique..."

2. alone, single, solitary

   Synonyms: sōlus, sōlitārius

   • Macrobius Saturnalia

     ...pugna singularis Aeneae atque Turni ut Achillis et Hectoris, et captivi inferiis destinati, ut illic Patrocli, hic Pallantis...

     "...the single combat of Aeneas and Turnus, like that of Achilles and Hector, the captives marked out for the shades of Patroclus, on the one hand, and of Pallas, on the other..."

3. nonpareil, peerless, unequalled. unmatched, exceptional

   Synonym: ēgregius

   • Cicero Pro Lege Manilia

     ...et cum ei imperatorem praeficere possitis, in quo sit eximia belli scientia, singularis virtus, clarissima auctoritas, egregia fortuna...

     "...and since you have it in your power to put in command of it one who possesses remarkable knowledge of warfare, exceptional capacity, brilliant prestige, and unusual good fortune..." (translation by James Loeb)

4. unprecedented
   • Cicero De Provinciis Consularibus

     Ego vos intellego, patres conscripti, multos decrevisse eximios honores C. Caesari et prope singularis.

     "I understand, you Senators, the many special and nearly unprecedented declarations with which you may honor Caius Caesar."

5. (grammar) singular

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	singulāris	singulāre		singulārēs	singulāria
genitive	singulāris			singulārium
dative	singulārī			singulāribus
accusative	singulārem	singulāre		singulārēs singulārīs	singulāria
ablative	singulārī			singulāribus
vocative	singulāris	singulāre		singulārēs	singulāria

Synonyms

• sōlus
• sōlitārius
• ūnicus

Antonyms

• commūnis
• vulgāris

Derived terms

• singulāritās
• singulāriter

Descendants

• Catalan: senglar
• French: sanglier
• Galician: senlleiro, señeiro
• Italian: cinghiale
• Occitan: singlar
• Portuguese: senheiro
• Sicilian: cignali
• Spanish: señero

Borrowings:

• → Catalan: singular
• → English: singular
• → French: singulier
• → Galician: singular
• → German: singulär
• → Italian: singolare
• → Italian: singular
• → Portuguese: singular
• → Romanian: singular
• → Serbo-Croatian: singular
• → Sicilian: singulari
• → Spanish: singular

Further reading

• “singularis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

References

• “singularis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “singularis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• singularis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• singularis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to conceive an ideal: singularem quandam perfectionis imaginem animo concipere
    
  • monarchy: imperium singulare, unius dominatus, regium imperium
    
  • absolute power; autocracy: imperium singulare
    
  • single combat: certamen singulare
    
  • to challenge some one to single combat: povocare aliquem ad certamen singulare
    

Swedish

Noun

singularis m or c

1. singular (grammar: form of a word that refers to only one thing)