singuli

singŭli, ae, a (in sing. only ante- and post-class.; v. infra), num. distr. adj. [cf. simul, v. simplex].

I.

One to each, separate, single (opp. universi;

for syn. cf.: privus, unusquisque): vini in culleos singulos quadragenae et singulae urnae dabuntur,

Cato, R. R. 148, 1:

ut ad denas capras singulos parent hircos,

Varr. R. R. 2, 3 fin.:

binae singulis quae datae nobis ancillae,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 12:

describebat censores binos in singulas civitates,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 133:

duodena describit in singulos homines jugera,

id. Agr. 2, 31, 85:

filiae singulos filios parvos habentes,

each one a boy, Liv. 40, 4, 2:

croci, myrrhae, singulorum (tantum), etc.,

of each, Cels. 6, 11:

singuli singulorum deorum sacerdotes,

a priest to each god, Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29:

quos ex omni copiā singuli singulos delegerant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 20:

si singuli singulos aggressuri fueritis,

Liv. 6, 18, 6 et saep.— Sing.:

nummo singulo multabatur (for which, shortly before: poena erat nummus unus sestertius),

Gell. 18, 13, 6.—

b.

In dies singulos, adverb., from day to day, every day, daily; cottidie vel potius in dies singulos breviores litteras ad te mitto, Cic. Att. 5, 7, 1:

crescit in dies singulos hostium numerus,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Att. 2, 22, 3.—

II.

In gen., single, separate, individual:

populus rationi (obtemperare debet), nos singuli populo,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 6 Müll.:

honestius eum (agrum) vos universi quam singuli possideretis,

Cic. Agr. 2, 31, 85:

antepono singulis (generibus rei publicae) illud, quod conflatum fuerit ex omnibus,

id. Rep. 1, 35, 54:

refert, qui audiant... frequentes an pauci an singuli,

id. de Or. 3, 55, 211:

ut conquisitores singuli in subsellia Eant,

Plaut. Am. prol. 65:

singulorum dominatus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 39, 61; 1, 40, 63; 2, 1, 2 et saep.:

proderit per se ipsum secedere: meliores erimus singuli,

alone, Sen. Ot. Sap. 1, 1 (id. Vit. Beat. 28, 2):

quod est miserrimum, numquam sumus singuli,

id. Q. N. 4, § 2 praef. — Sing. (for the class. unus or singularis):

attat singulum video vestigium,

a single trace, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 34:

de caelo et tritico non infitias eo, quin singulo semper numero dicenda sint,

in the singular number, Gell. 19, 8, 5: semel unum singulum est, Varr. ap. Non. p. 171, 20 al.; cf. Mart. Cap. 3, § 325.