22.07.25: Level 3; pronominal adjectives [5]; sōlus, -a, -um: alone, only

sōlus hic īnflexit sēnsūs (Virgil) │ this is the only man who swayed my feelings

Solī prō portīs stābant. │ They were standing alone before the gates.

Fēmina sōla hostibus resistēbat. │ The woman alone / Only the woman was resisting the enemy.

nōn istīus sōlīus hoc esse facinus, sed eōrum etiam quī adprobārint (Cicero) │ that this is not his crime only [ = the crime of only that man], but that of those who have approved of it

Exercise: Complete the Latin sentences with the appropriate form of sōlus:

[1] Rufus is alone. │ Rufus _____ est.

[2] Lesbia / only Lesbia is preparing dinner alone. │ Lesbia _____ cēnam parat.

[3] I love only you. You’re not a girl like the other girls!│ Tē _____ amō. Nōn es puella, ut ceterae puellae!

[4] I’m telling this only to you. │ Tibi _____ hoc dīcō.

[5] This wine is exported from only one town. │ Hoc vīnum ex ūnō oppidō _____ exportātur.

[6] He was wandering in lonely / uninhabited places. │ In locīs _____ errābat.

[7] However, he quotes a single line of Ennius alone │ _____ tamen Enniī versum ūnum pōnit ex librō (Gellius)

sōla; sōlam; sōlī; sōlīs; sōlīus; sōlō; sōlus

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[1] Rufus sōlus est.

[2] Lesbia sōla cēnam parat.

[3] Tē sōlam amō.

[4] Tibi sōlī hoc dīcō.

[5] Hoc vīnum ex ūnō oppidō sōlō exportātur.

[6] In locīs sōlīs errābat.

[7] Sōlius tamen Enniī versum ūnum pōnit ex librō.