one Copy link Outline I. As card. num.1. ūnus2. singŭli, ae, a (distrib. = one by one; one apiece)II. Denoting agreement or virtual identityIII. An individual1. quīdam, quaedam, quoddam (a certain one2. ūnus (where the individual is simply one of many, and not needing to be named)IV. With ref. to time; not defined, either in the past or the futureV. In contrast to the other1. hic, foll. by ille (when hic denotes that which is at present under consideration)2. alter ... alter; or when more than two persons (or things) are spoken of, ălius ... ălius3. expr. one ... the other, one another, either by (1). inter se [se inter se, in Cic. Am. 22, 82, is prob. a false reading]4. expr. one or the other by altĕrŭter, tra, trum (also with both parts of the word decl.VI. Equivalent to German man; Fr. on1. use 2 pers. sing.2. expr. by impers. pass. (of intrans. verbs), and by such other impers. verbs as lĭcet, ŏportet, jŭvat, etc.VII. In strictly indef. senseVIII. Preceded by def. art., the oneIX. In connexion with rel. pron., one who • one: I. As card. num.: 1. ūnus: pass. (N.B.--Used in pl. with subss. which though plural in form are virtually singular: e. g. one letter or epistle, unae litterae, Cic. Att. 14, 18.) 2. singŭli, ae, a (distrib. = one by one; one apiece): he began to eat (the frogs) o. by o., coepit vesci singulas, Phaedr. 1, 31, 11: he stationed o. legion at Brundisium, o. at Sipontum, o. at Tarentum, legiones s. posuit Brundisii, Siponti, Tarenti, Cic. Att. 9, 15: o. priest for each (god), s. singulorum sacerdotes, id. Leg. 2, 12, 29. Also adverb. singillatim (one by one, singly) or singulatim: Cic.: Caes.: v. singly. One and a half, sesquialter, ĕra, ĕrum (rare): Cic. Tim. 7 (superdimidius, late: Capell.) = unus dimidiatusque (v. half): at one time, simul, uno tempore, etc. (v. once, II.): the number o., monas, unio (v. unit, monad): o. in ten, decimus quisque, Liv. 2, 59, extr.: Cic. II. Denoting agreement or virtual identity: expr. by īdem: to have one (and the same) wish, idem velle, Sall. Cat. 20, ad init.: v. same. (N.B.--Esp. in connexion with unus: o. and the same end, exitus unus et idem, Cic. Div. 2, 47, 97.) Phr.: it is all one (makes no difference), nihil interest (v. difference, I., 5): to be at o., consentire, idem sentire (v. to agree): even the consuls were not altogether at o., ne inter consules quidem ipsos satis conveniebat, Liv. 2, 23, fin. III. An individual: 1. quīdam, quaedam, quoddam (a certain one: used when it is either unnecessary or undesirable to mention a name): o. of the soldiers of the tenth legion, q. ex militibus decimae legionis, Caes. B. G. 1, 42: o. of the advocati, a person of the highest character, q. ex advocatis, homo summa virtute praeditus, Cic. Clu. 63, 177. 2. ūnus (where the individual is simply one of many, and not needing to be named): then (said) o. of the remaining (doves), i. e. on behalf of the rest, tunc de reliquis una, Phaedr. 1, 31, extr.: o. of the many (an ordinary person), unus de multis, Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 66. IV. With ref. to time; not defined, either in the past or the future: Phr.: at o. time, olim, quondam (v. formerly): o. day, olim., aliquando (v. hereafter). V. In contrast to the other: 1. hic, foll. by ille (when hic denotes that which is at present under consideration): cf. Cic. Am. 2, 10, hujus facta, illius dicta laudantur, i. e. the deeds of the one (viz. Cato; who is the subject of discourse), the speeches of the other: Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v. hic (4). 2. alter ... alter; or when more than two persons (or things) are spoken of, ălius ... ălius: the o. (mind) is shared by us with the gods, the other (body) with brutes, alterum nobis cum dis, alterum cum beluis commune est, Sall. Cat. init.: o. thing is nature to a horse, another to an ox, another to a man, aliud equo est natura, aliud bovi, aliud homini, Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26: when difference or contrast is indicated, alius ... alius may even be used of two objects: cf. Cic. Coel. 3, 6, aliud est maledicere, aliud accusare (where alterum would have been much less forcible). Alius also sometimes follows aliquis: cf. Cic. Tusc. 4, 28, 60, putat aliquis, esse voluptatem bonum: alius autem pecuniam (where aliquis is however more definite than alius would be. referring to Epicurus). (N.B.--Alius often occurs in different cases in the same sentence = one ... one; other ... other: e. g. alium alio mittit: he sends o. in o. direction, and another in another, alium alio mittit, Sall. Cat. 27: see L. G. §§ 629, 692.) 3. expr. one ... the other, one another, either by (1). inter se [se inter se, in Cic. Am. 22, 82, is prob. a false reading]: the young Ciceros love o. another, Cicerones pueri amant inter se, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 9: the soldiers embrace o. another with tears, complecti inter se lacrimantes milites, Liv. 7, 42, med.: or by (2). alter, alius ... with another case of the same pronoun: the o. needs the help of the other, alterum alterius auxilio eget, Sall. Cat. 1, extr.: o. stimulates the other, alius alium hortari, ib. 6. 4. expr. one or the other by altĕrŭter, tra, trum (also with both parts of the word decl.: rare): you must be either the o. or the other, est necesse alterutrum (te esse), Cic. Div. Verr. 18, 58: Hor. Phr.: o. good turn deserves another (Prov.), mutuum muli scabunt, Aus. Id. 12, pref.: cf. Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 37, tradunt operas mutuas we have done o. another many good turns, multa inter nos officia mutua intercedunt Cic. Fam. 13, 65 (v. mutually, in turn): at o. time ... at another time, modo ... modo, Cic. N. D. 1, 18, 47: Ter. (v. now): to love o. another more ardently, ardentius invicem diligere, Plin. 7, 20, fin. (not so in Cic., who uses, inter se: v. supr.). VI. Equivalent to German man; Fr. on: 1. use 2 pers. sing.: 'tis natural to hate the person o. has injured, proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem laeseris, Tac. Agr. 42: before o. begins anything, deliberation is wanted, priusquam incipias, consulto opus est, Sall. Cat. 1, extr.: Cic. Esp. in such exprr. as, o. would have thought, o. might have seen: putares (putes), crederes, videres: o. would have thought he was giving evidence, when he was pleading for the accused, testimonium dicere putares, quum pro reo diceret, Cic. Br. 29, 111: o. would think the time stood still, stare putes tempora, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 5: o. would have thought they were defeated, crederes victos, Liv. 2, 43, ad fin.: Cic. (Zumpt, § 515). 2. expr. by impers. pass. (of intrans. verbs), and by such other impers. verbs as lĭcet, ŏportet, jŭvat, etc.: whatever o. is not at liberty to do, o. certainly ought not to do, quidquid non licet, certe non oportet, Cic. Bal. 3, extr.: o. has not to live with perfect people, non vivitur cum perfectis hominibus, Cic. Off. 1, 15, init.: o. must resist old age, resistendum est senectuti, id. Sen. 11, 35. (The 1st pers. pl. may also be used in general statements, as in Eng.: what o. wishes, o. readily believes, quae volumus, credimus libenter, R. and A.) VII. In strictly indef. sense: usu. preceded by some, any: quis or qui, quae, quid or quod (chiefly after si, ne, num, if any o., lest any o., etc.), quispiam (used substantively, and more definite and emphatic than the simple quis cf. Cic. Sen. 3, 8, fortasse quispiam dixerit, perhaps some one may say); quisquam or ullus (any single o.; quisquam being used as subs. and ullus as adj.); quivis, quilibet (any o. you please; any and every o.): v. any, some. VIII. Preceded by def. art., the one: expr. by is, ipse, īdem: I said as soon as ever you showed it me, that it was the o. (the ring), dixi ubi mihi ostendisti illico eum esse, Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 3 (where ipsum or eundem would simply have been more emphatic than eum). IX. In connexion with rel. pron., one who: is (qui). no one a faithful defender of the wretched, save o. who is wretched himself, miserorum fidelis defensor (nemo) nisi is qui ipse miser sit, Cic. Mur. 25, 50: also foll. by ut, id. Fl. 15, 34, est, credo, is vir iste, ut civitatis nomen sua auctoritate sustineat, he is one who will, etc.