unicus

== Latin == === Etymology === From ūnus (“one”) +‎ -icus (“-ic”). Compare Proto-Germanic *ainagaz and its descendants. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈuː.nɪ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuː.ni.kus] === Adjective === ūnicus (feminine ūnica, neuter ūnicum, adverb ūnicē); first/second-declension adjective only, sole, single unique uncommon ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: únic → French: unique → Danish: unik → Dutch: uniek → English: unique → Norwegian: unik → Romanian: unic → Swedish: unik → Italian: unico → Middle Welsh: unic → Portuguese: único → Sicilian: ùnicu → Spanish: único === References === “unicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “unicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “unicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.