particular (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Not general1. proprius2. partĭcŭlāris (late)II. Special, exceeding what is common1. praecĭpuus2. singŭlāris, e (unique)III. Very exact and punctilious1. mōrōsus (rare)2. expr. by accūrātusIV. DetailedV. Single • particular (adj.): I. Not general: 1. proprius: v. peculiar. 2. partĭcŭlāris (late): p. propositions, propositiones p. (opp. universales), Apul. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 642: Cod. Just. (Needed for precision in phil. and technical lang.) II. Special, exceeding what is common: 1. praecĭpuus: to treat with particular respect, p. honore habere, Caes. B. G. 5, 52: Cic.: v. special. 2. singŭlāris, e (unique): Pompey expresses his p. thanks to you: Pompeius gratias tibi agit s., Cic. Fam. 13, 41. III. Very exact and punctilious: 1. mōrōsus (rare): more than ordinarily p. in personal habits, circa curam corporis morosior, Suet. Caes. 45. 2. expr. by accūrātus: in good sense, careful, studied; hence for present sense requiring some qualification: to be over p. in one's dress, cultu corporis nimis accurato esse, Gell. 1, 5. Excessively (painfully) p., may be expr. by odiosus: cf. Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130, adhibenda est munditia non odiosa neque exquisita nimis. Phr.: to be over p. in guarding against defects, nimium [inquirere in se atque] metuere ne vitiosum colligas, Cic. Br. 82, 283. IV. Detailed: subtīlis, e: (my) future letters will be more p., reliquae (epistolae) subtiliores erunt, Cic. Att. 5, 14, extr.: cf. particularly (I). V. Single: singŭli, ae, a: opp. to universi: Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 163.
particular (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. expr. by singŭli, ae, a2. by subtīlĭter (= in detail) of these matters I will write fuller p.s another time, haec ad te scribam aliter subtilius, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 4 • particular (subs.): 1. expr. by singŭli, ae, a: v. detail. 2. by subtīlĭter (= in detail) of these matters I will write fuller p.s another time, haec ad te scribam aliter subtilius, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 4: v. particularly. Phr.: to enter into full p.s, omnia exsequi, Liv. 27, 27, fin.: to treat all the p.s of a subject more copiously, omnia copiosius ex., Quint. 9, 3, 89: so with persequi, Cic. Fam. 5, 13: v. to relate. (N.B.--Sometimes res may serve: concerning this p., de hac una re: v. thing.).
PARTICULAR Copy link • PARTICULAR 1. adj., Belonging only to one, proprius. Peculiar, sing., singularis; abhorrens a communi hominum usu. Important, praecipuus, singularis. Circumstantial, accuratus; copiosus (diffuse, full). 2. s. res (circumstance): causa (state or posture of anything): particulars, singula, nom. plur.; singulae res: to go into particulars, singula sequi; agere de singulis; scribere de singulis rebus (to give full particulars by letter): rem ordine, ut gesta est, narrare (to give a particular account of an occurrence): exsequi, persequi, with or without verbis; explicare (to go into details; opposed to summas attingere; Vid: Bremi, Nep., Pelop., 1, 1): exponere (to give a clear account or description of a thing): explanare, illustrare (to represent clearly): to enter into full particulars about anything, aliquid accuratius exsequi: pluribus verbis disserere: multis verbis disputare: uberius, fusius dicere, scribere de re.