detail (subs.) Copy link • detail (subs.): chiefly used in pl.: singŭlae res, or singŭla, orum, n. pl.: the material is in its d.s so great, etc., in singulis rebus ejusmodi materies est, etc., Cic.: to go through d.s, per singula ire, Quint.; singula persequi, Sen. Phr.: in detail, singulatim, Suet.; particulatim, Auct. ad Her.: to write in d. a history of the Roman people, res populi Romani perscribere. Liv.: to examine (things) in d. and collectively, singula intueri et universa, Liv.: to enter into d., de singulis agere, Cic.: to be cut off in d., *carptim perire: v. detached.