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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la singulī}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [sɪŋ.ɡʊˈɫaː.rɪs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [siŋ.ɡuˈlaː.ris]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''singulāris''' (neuter singulāre, adverb singulāriter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[singulī]] “one each” with [[m|la|-āris]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are Varro, and Köbler's earliest source is Varro.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant belonging to one person or thing alone, individual, as in Varro; single, one alone, solitary, as of a man alone in Caesar; in grammar, from Varro, singular in number; remarkable, unique, outstanding; strange, unusual, as in Cicero; and in Tacitus a soldier picked for special duties.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) ''singulāre certāmen'' was single combat.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means remarkable, unique, excellent, solitary, single.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it of animals for wild, and as a noun ''singulāris'' (''porcus'') for the wild boar, the source of French ''sanglier'' and Italian ''cinghiale''.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary) English ''singular'' (mid-14th century) is from it through Old French.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it, also as a grammatical term.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the unusual.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of a guardsman.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-14th century – English ''singular'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Belonging to one alone, [[m|en|individual]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # Single, solitary.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ # ''(grammar)'' [[m|en|singular|alt=Singular]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # Remarkable, unique; [[m|en|strange]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)
+ # ''(noun)'' A picked soldier, guardsman.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin, noun)'' A wild [[m|en|boar]].^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[singillarius]]
+ * [[singlāriter]]
+ * [[singulāritās]]
+ * [[singulāriter]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[singulī]]
+ * [[singulus]]
+ * [[en|singular]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}