unus
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[edit] Alternative forms
- Symbol: I
[edit] Etymology
From Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”). Cognates include Ancient Greek οἶος (oios), Sanskrit एक (éka), Old Church Slavonic ѥдинъ (jedinŭ), and Old English ān (English one and an).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Numeral
ūnus m. (feminine ūna, neuter ūnum); irregular first/second declension
- (cardinal) one; 1
- ca. 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoseon, Book VI, lines 644-645
- satis illi ad fata vel unum vulnus erat: iugulum ferro Philomela resolvit
- "Sufficient was this one wound to kill; but Philomela also cut open the throat"
- satis illi ad fata vel unum vulnus erat: iugulum ferro Philomela resolvit
- 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Nehemiae 1:2 (II Esdrae 1:2)
- et venit Anani unus de fratribus meis ipse et viri ex Iuda et interrogavi eos de Iudaeis qui remanserant et supererant de captivitate et de Hierusalem
- "and Hanani came, one of my brethren, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem"
- et venit Anani unus de fratribus meis ipse et viri ex Iuda et interrogavi eos de Iudaeis qui remanserant et supererant de captivitate et de Hierusalem
- 6th c. — Boethius, Commentarium in librum Aristotelis Peri hermeneias primae editionis, Book I, section 5
- In summam igitur ūnārum ōrātiōnum aliae sunt significātiōne ūnae, aliae coniūnctiōne.
- "In summary therefore, of one theme others are (by signification) one, some with connections."
- In summam igitur ūnārum ōrātiōnum aliae sunt significātiōne ūnae, aliae coniūnctiōne.
- ca. 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoseon, Book VI, lines 644-645
[edit] Usage notes
See Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers
[edit] Inflection
Irregular: similar to first and second declensions but with singular genitives ending in -īus and singular datives ending in -ī.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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| Case \ Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | ūnus | ūna | ūnum | ūnī | ūnae | ūna | |
| genitive | ūnīus | ūnīus | ūnīus | ūnōrum | ūnārum | ūnōrum | |
| dative | ūnī | ūnī | ūnī | ūnīs | ūnīs | ūnīs | |
| accusative | ūnum | ūnam | ūnum | ūnōs | ūnās | ūna | |
| ablative | ūnō | ūnā | ūnō | ūnīs | ūnīs | ūnīs | |
| vocative | ūnus | ūna | ūnum | ūnī | ūnae | ūna | |
