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LNS

indīviduus, indīvidua, indīviduum

2. individo

adjective (2-1-2)

not divided, indivisible

Abbreviations

in-dīviduus, a, um, adj. 2. in-divido. Lit., not divided, indivisible (class.): arbores, with stems not branched, Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 122: ille atomos, quas appellat, id est, corpora individua, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 17: nihil esse individuum potest, id. N. D. 1, 23, 65: corpuscula, Amm. 26, 1, 1.

—Hence, subst.: indīviduum, i, n., an atom, indivisible particle: ex illis individuis, unde omnia Democritus gigni affirmat, Cic. Ac. 2, 17 fin.: ne individuum quidem, nec quod dirimi distrahive non possit, id. N. D. 3, 12, 29.

— Trop., inseparable, not separated (postAug.): comitatus virtutum, Sen. Ep. 67 med.: contubernium, App. M. 4, p. 154, 16: Rhodum secuti et apud Capreas individui, Tac. A. 6, 10: pietas, undivided, impartial, Ps.Quint. Decl. 5, 3.