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
____________________
[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.
