specific (subs.) Copy link • specific (subs.): expr. by singŭlāris, e: a s. against spasms, herba contra vulsa singularis (strictly, unique, having singular power), Plin. 22, 17, 20: so, singulare serpentibus abigendis, id. 8, 32, 50 § 118. Also expr. by facere (ad), prodesse: v. good, adj. (II.).