unicus

ūnĭcus, a, um, adj. [id.], 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.