English → Latin
“single” in Latin
ūnusone, single; alonesōlusalone, sole, only, by oneself with no others around; solitary, uninhabitedūnicusonly, sole, single; unique; uncommonsingulārissingular, unique, unusual; alone, single, solitary; nonpareil, peerless, unequalled. unmatched, exceptionalcaelebsunmarried, single; associated with or pertaining to being single, solitary or unmarried; of a genus name: not yet formalinnū̆ptusunmarried (said of women), single, without a husbandsemelonce, a single time; once and for all
The English word single itself goes back to Latin singulus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
single
Sole, alone, unus: solus (PROP.): unicus: singularis (in genere); also, figuratively = distinguished, unique. Not a single one, nemo unus; nemo fuit omnino militum quin vulneraretur (there was not a single soldier but, etc., Caes.): a single time, semel: not a single time, ne semel quidem: for this single reason, hac una de causa: single combat, certamen singulare.
Not double, simplex. In (a) single line (of ships :, etc.), simplici directa acie; simplicibus ordinibus (☞ B. Alex., 37, 3: B. Afr., 13, 2; 59, 2).
Unmarried, coelebs (of a man): innupta (of a woman).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for single?
- The usual Latin words for “single” are ūnus, sōlus, ūnicus; also singulāris, caelebs, innū̆ptus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.