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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *Hoi-no-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈuː.nɪ.keː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈuː.ni.t͡ʃe]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ūnicē''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ūnicus|-ē|t1=one and only]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) That adjective comes from [[m|la|ūnus|t=one]], which de Vaan traces to [[ine-pro|*Hoi-no-|t=one]], cognate with [[sga|óen|t=one]] and [[lt|víenas|t=one]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus often pairs it with ''ūnus'', as in the ''Asinaria'': ''mē ūnicē ūnum ex omnibus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The OLD notes that it is frequent in familiar and colloquial contexts, meaning to a singular degree or especially.^(OLD 2012) Cicero has loving someone above all others, Gellius delighting exceptionally, and Quintilian of an ornament Virgil was especially fond of.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Horace's ''ūnicē sēcūrus'' means utterly unconcerned.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny the Elder uses it of a plant that is especially good for diseases of the breasts.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, with ''ūnus'', “the one and only”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of loving above all.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace, “utterly unconcerned”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian, of Virgil's style.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # To a singular degree, especially, [[m|en|particularly]]; utterly.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Alone, solely, [[m|en|uniquely]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''ūnicē ūnus'', the one and only.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ūnicus]]

+ * [[ūnus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}