unicus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ūnus (“one”) + -icus (“-ic”). Compare Proto-Germanic *ainagaz and its descendants.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈuː.ni.kus/, [ˈuːnɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈu.ni.kus/, [ˈuːnikus]
Adjective[edit]
ūnicus (feminine ūnica, neuter ūnicum, adverb ūnicē); first/second-declension adjective
- only, sole, single
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.251–252:
- ‘quod petis, Oleniīs’ inquam ‘mihi missus ab arvīs
flōs dabit: est hortīs ūnicus ille meīs.’- “What you seek,” I say, “a flower sent to me from the Olenian fields will provide: the only one [of its kind] is in my gardens.”
(A touch of the flower described by Flora (mythology) causes conception.)
- “What you seek,” I say, “a flower sent to me from the Olenian fields will provide: the only one [of its kind] is in my gardens.”
- ‘quod petis, Oleniīs’ inquam ‘mihi missus ab arvīs
- unique
- uncommon
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ūnicus | ūnica | ūnicum | ūnicī | ūnicae | ūnica | |
| Genitive | ūnicī | ūnicae | ūnicī | ūnicōrum | ūnicārum | ūnicōrum | |
| Dative | ūnicō | ūnicō | ūnicīs | ||||
| Accusative | ūnicum | ūnicam | ūnicum | ūnicōs | ūnicās | ūnica | |
| Ablative | ūnicō | ūnicā | ūnicō | ūnicīs | |||
| Vocative | ūnice | ūnica | ūnicum | ūnicī | ūnicae | ūnica | |
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: únic
- → French: unique
- → Italian: unico
- → Portuguese: único
- → Sicilian: ùnicu
- → Spanish: único
References[edit]
- “unicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “unicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- unicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.