sĭngŭlārĭus, a, um, adj. [singularis].
I Lit., single , separate , alone of its kind , peculiar (ante- and post-class. for the class. singularis; but cf. infra, adv.): homo unicā est naturā ac singulariā, Turp. ap. Non. 491, 2: litterae, i. e. abbreviations (syn. sigla), Gell. 17, 9, 2: catenae, perh. of a single ply , = simplices (or of a pound weight , i. e. light; opp. istas majores, v. 4; cf.: centenariae ballistae), Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 3.—*
II Remarkable , extraordinary , singular : homines singulariae velocitatis, Gell. 9, 4, 6. —* Adv.: singŭlārĭē = singulariter: singularie pro singulariter quasi unice, Cicero, ut Maximus notat, Charis. p. 195 P.