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Latin
Etymology
From ūnus (“one”) + -icus (“-ic”). Compare Proto-Germanic *ainagaz and its descendants.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ūnicus (feminine ūnica, neuter ūnicum, adverb ūnicē); first/second-declension adjective
- only, sole, single
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 5.251–252:
- ‘quod petis, Oleniīs’ inquam ‘mihi missus ab arvīs
flōs dabit: est hortīs ūnicus ille meīs.’- “What you seek,” I say, “a flower sent to me from the Olenian fields will provide: the only one is in my gardens.”
(A touch of the flower described by Flora (mythology) causes conception.)
- unique
- uncommon
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “unicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “unicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- unicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.