singulariter Latin · revision 36799

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucretius, Cicero|origins=la singulus}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''singulāriter''' (adverb)^(OLD 2012)

+ Lucretius has the syncopated spelling ''singlāriter''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|singulāris|-ter|t1=single, unique]],^(OLD 2012) and that adjective is formed on [[m|la|singulus|t=one at a time]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in Lucretius, meaning “one by one, singly”,^(OLD 2012) and in Cicero, meaning “exceptionally”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Cicero uses it of an exceptional degree of feeling, and Varro, as a grammatical term, of a word used in the singular number.^(OLD 2012) In Late Latin it also meant individually or alone,^(Wiktionary) and in Ecclesiastical Latin alone or with oneness of mind and purpose.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it for things taken one by one.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of exceptional affection.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of a word in the singular.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # One by one, separately, [[m|en|singly]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(grammar)'' In the [[m|en|singular]] number.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To an exceptional degree, [[m|en|singularly]], remarkably.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' Individually, alone.^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Alone; with oneness of mind or purpose.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}