ūnĭcus — Lewis & Short
ūnĭcus, a, um, adj.id.,
I one and no more, only, sole, single (class.).
I Lit., of number:
tuus unicus gnatus,Plaut. As. 1, 1, 1:
gnatus,id. Poen. prol. 68; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 79; 3, 2, 29:
gnata,id. And. 3, 3. 8;
1, 1, 73: filius,Plaut. Poen. prol. 65; id. Cas. 2, 3, 45; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 41; Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 41:
quid me patrem par facere'st, quoi ille'st unicus?Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 38 (44):
filia,Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 41; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 104; Verg. Cir. 334; Just. 1, 4, 2:
consul,Liv. 7, 25, 11:
maritus,Hor. C. 3, 14, 5:
vestis,Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 26:
anser erat,Ov. M. 8, 684:
orbis,id. ib. 13, 853:
ancillula,App. M. 1, p. 112, 6.—Strengthened by unus:
qui me unum atque unicum amicum habuit,Cat. 73, 6:
idque unum et prae omnibus unicum effice,App. M. 4, p. 156, 32.—By solus:
quamlubet esto Unica res quaedam nativo corpore sola,Lucr. 2, 542:
unica solaque res,id. 2, 1078.—
B In partic., of abstract subjects:
spes unica imperii populi Romani, L. Quinctius,Liv. 3, 26, 8:
unicum doloris levamentum studia,Plin. Ep. 8, 19, 1:
satis tutum praesidium, quod unicum est,Cels. 7, 33:
unicum afflictae mihi solamen hoc est,Sen. Troad. 703; id. Phoen. 89.—
II Trop., of nature, character, or quality, alone of its kind, singular, uncommon, unparalleled, unique (cf.: egregius, eminens): homo unica est natura ac singularia, Turp. ap. Non. 491, 3:
quis tam ... ingenio unico? Afran. ap. Fest. s. v. sagaces, p. 321 Müll.: eximius imperator, unicus dux,Liv. 7, 12, 13; so,
imperator,id. 6, 6, 17:
vir unicus in omni fortunā,id. 7, 1, 9:
juvenis,id. 8, 32, 13:
dictator,id. 22, 14, 9:
spectator caeli siderumque (Archimedes),id. 24, 34, 2:
ultor Romanae ignominiae,id. 9, 15, 10:
puer,Ov. M. 3, 454:
volucris,id. ib. 8, 239; cf. id. ib. 12, 531:
liberalitas,Cic. Quint. 12, 41:
fides,Liv. 33, 21, 4:
spes,Quint. 6, praef. § 2:
mors,Luc. 4. 509:
concordia,Liv. 3, 33, 8:
exemplum,id. 1, 21, 21:
nam tu poëta es prorsus ad eam rem unicus,singularly fit, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 3:
tibi ille unicu'st, mihi etiam unico magis unicus,more than an orly one, more than a darling, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 47; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 3.—
B Esp., in a bad sense, singularly bad, detestable (rare):
unica malitia atque nequitia,Auct. Her. 3, 6, 11:
scelus,Vell. 2, 7, 2: luxuria, Fest. s. v. Sardanapalus, p. 322 Müll.—Hence, adv.: ūnĭcē, alone, solely, singularly, especially, in an extraordinary degree:
aliquem unice diligere,Cic. Or. 1, 1:
eximie et unice delectare,Gell. 11, 13, 4:
eo ornamento P.Vergilius unice est usus,Quint. 8, 3, 24:
cujus amator unice Vergilius fuit,id. 9, 3, 14:
quid Tiridaten terreat, unice Securus,i. e. utterly regardless, Hor. C. 1, 26, 5:
mammarum vitiis aizoum unice medetur,Plin. 26, 15, 92, § 163.—In Plaut. with unus:
me unice unum ex omnibus te atque illam amare aiebas mihi,Plaut. As. 1, 3, 56:
immo unice unum plurimi pendit,id. Bacch. 2, 2, 29; id. Stich. 1, 1, 12; id. Truc. 1, 2, 91.