Latin number and pronoun
ūnus
ūnus, -a, -um
ūnus is a Latin number and pronoun. In the 6 analysed lines it was read in, it means “one” (5 times) and “of one” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from ūnus to the words it goes with.
Appellavitque lucem Diem, et tenebras Noctem: factumque est vespere et mane, dies unus.
And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and there was evening and morning, one day.
unus: counts dies.
Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus, rumoresque senum severiorum omnes unius aestimemus assis.
Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love, and let us value all the rumors of stricter old men as worth but a single penny.
unius: counts assis.
Deinde Romae per quinos dies senatores imperaverunt et his regnantibus annus unus completus est.
Then at Rome senators ruled for five days each, and with these reigning, one year was completed.
unus: counts annus.
Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Belgae, aliam Aquitani, tertiam qui ipsorum lingua Celtae, nostra Galli appellantur.
Gaul as a whole is divided into three parts, one of which the Belgians inhabit, the Aquitanians another, and those who are called Celts in their own language, Gauls in ours, inhabit the third.
unam: object of incolunt.
Ante mare et terras et quod tegit omnia caelum unus erat toto naturae vultus in orbe, quem dixere chaos…
Before the sea and lands and the heaven which covers all things, there was one face of nature in the whole world, which they called chaos: a rude and undigested mass, and nothing but inert weight and the discordant seeds of things not well joined together, heaped together in the same place.
unus: counts vultus.
Soles occidere et redire possunt: nobis, cum semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda.
Suns are able to set and rise again: for us, when once the brief light has set, there is one perpetual night to be slept through.
una: counts nox.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| unus | Nominative · Singular · Masculine | 3 |
| una | Nominative · Singular · Feminine | 1 |
| unam | Accusative · Singular · Feminine | 1 |
| unius | Genitive · Singular · Masculine | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to ūnus by an arc in these lines, most often first.
Grammar
- About the nominativeThe Latin nominative names the subject of a verb, and whatever renames the subject after sum. How to spot it, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the accusativeThe Latin accusative marks the direct object and follows prepositions of motion such as ad and in. Uses and endings, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the genitiveThe Latin genitive ties one noun to another, where English says “of” or adds ’s. Its uses and endings, with real lines from the story of Perseus and Genesis.