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Meaning of unus | Babel Free

Adjective feminine CEFR B1
[ˈuː.nʊs]

Definitions

  1. one, single
    adjective, declension-1, declension-2
  2. one; 1
    declension-1, declension-2, numeral
  3. alone
    adjective, declension-1, declension-2
  4. Equivalent to 'one': Honorific alternative letter-case form of one, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Equivalents

English one

Examples

“ad unum”

unanimously, universally, widely

“[…] tibi ūnī multōrum cīvium necēs, tibi vexātiō dīreptiōque sociōrum, inpūnīta fuit ac līberā; […] .”

[…] for you alone the murders of many citizens, for you the harassment and plundering of the allies, has been unpunished and unrestricted; […] .

“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

“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

“6th c. — Boethius, Commentarium in librum Aristotelis Peri hermeneias primae editionis, Book I, section 5”

"In summary therefore, of one theme others are (by signification) one, some with connections."

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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