unio

1.

ūnĭo, ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a. [unus], to join together, unite (post-Aug. and very rare; cf.

conjungo): caelum mari,

Tert. Anim. 17, Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 43, 1:

corpora,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 2, 4; Dig. 39, 2, 15, § 13; App. Mag. p. 283, 30.

2.

ūnĭo, ōnis, f. and m. [id.].

I.

Fem

A.

The number one, oneness, unity (eccl Lat.): decas decimā unione completur, Hier. in Amos, 2, 5, 5; Tert. Monog. 4; id Res. Carn. 2 fin. —

B.

A unity, union (late Lat.):

Maria Dei unione fecunda,

Hier. Ep 22, 19; 18, 14.—

II.

Transf., concr.

A.

Masc., a single large pearl (cf. margarita), Plin. 9, 35, 56, § 112; 9, 35, 59, § 122; Sen. Ben. 7, 9, 4; Mart. 8, 81, 4; 12, 49, 13.— Fem.: Cleopatranae, Treb. XXX. Tyrann. 32 fin. —

B.

Fem., a kind of single onion caepam, quam vocant unionem rustici. Col. 12, 10, 1.