lone Copy link Outline 1. sōlus2. dēsōlātus (left alone3. rĕductus (lying far back, away from the haunts of men4. parum frĕquens (hominibus) i. e. thinly peopled, little resorted to5. āvius (away from highways) • lone, lonely: 1. sōlus: cf. Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 67: also of places: you wandered sad in l. places, in locis solis moestus errares, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59: on the l. mountain, in s. monte, Tib. 1, 2, 72 (al. solito). 2. dēsōlātus (left alone: chiefly poet.): Stat.: Virg. 3. rĕductus (lying far back, away from the haunts of men: poet.): Hor. Od. 1, 17, 17: Virg. (Reductus conveys a pleasurable idea, unlike preced.) 4. parum frĕquens (hominibus) i. e. thinly peopled, little resorted to: cf. Lat. Dict. s. v. frequens. 5. āvius (away from highways): l. mountains, a. montes, Hor. Od. 1, 23, 2: v. pathless.
LONE, LONELY, LONESOME Copy link • LONE, LONELY, LONESOMEsolitarius: a lonely place, solitudo: I never feel less lonely than when alone, nunquam minus solus sum, quam cum solus sum (Cic.): a lonely life, vita solitaria: lonely places, loca sola (Cic.).