sole (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. sōlus, a, um2. ūnĭcus (one only of a kind3. unus (= unicus)4. singŭlāris5. expr. also by suus, proprius. Phr. • sole (adj.): 1. sōlus, a, um: more expedient to be s. monarch than to reign with another, utilius solum quam cum altero regnare, Cic. Off. 3, 10, 41. Also strengthened by unus: this s. defect old age attaches to men, solum unum hoc vitium affert senectus, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 47: so unus solus, Cic. Pis. 40, 96: you have s. possession of that villa, illa (villa) solius tua, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, post init. 2. ūnĭcus (one only of a kind: v. alone, only): strengthened by solus, Lucr. 3. unus (= unicus): una nata,: Cat. 66 (68), 119. 4. singŭlāris: s. command, singulare imperium, Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50: cf. ib. 2, 9, 15. 5. expr. also by suus, proprius. Phr.: to be s. survivor, superstes omnium suorum exstare, Suet. Tib. 62, extr.: cf. Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 156: for the s. reason that it is present, hoc ipso quod adest, Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50: v. rare (III.): mere (2, 3): single.