LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

saeculāris

saeculāris (neuter saeculāre)
Classical[sae̯.kʊˈɫaː.rɪs]Ecclesiastical[se.kuˈlaː.ris]
saeculāria pl. nom. n.; pl. acc. n.; pl. voc. n.

Meaning

  1. two terminationof or pertaining to a saeculum (generation; century)
  2. two terminationworldly, temporal, profane

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesaeculāris
saeclāris		saeculāris
saeclāris		saeculāre
saeclāre
genitivesaeculāris
saeclāris		saeculāris
saeclāris		saeculāris
saeclāris
dativesaeculārī
saeclārī		saeculārī
saeclārī		saeculārī
saeclārī
accusativesaeculārem
saeclārem		saeculārem
saeclārem		saeculāre
saeclāre
ablativesaeculārī
saeclārī		saeculārī
saeclārī		saeculārī
saeclārī
vocativesaeculāris
saeclāris		saeculāris
saeclāris		saeculāre
saeclāre
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesaeculārēs
saeclārēs		saeculārēs
saeclārēs		saeculāria
saeclāria
genitivesaeculārium
saeclārium		saeculārium
saeclārium		saeculārium
saeclārium
dativesaeculāribus
saeclāribus		saeculāribus
saeclāribus		saeculāribus
saeclāribus
accusativesaeculārīs
saeculārēs, saeclārēs, saeclārīs		saeculārīs
saeculārēs, saeclārēs, saeclārīs		saeculāria
saeclāria
ablativesaeculāribus
saeclāribus		saeculāribus
saeclāribus		saeculāribus
saeclāribus
vocativesaeculārēs
saeclārēs		saeculārēs
saeclārēs		saeculāria
saeclāria

saecŭlāris (sēcŭ-), e, adj. saeculum,
I. of or belonging to a saeculum: ludi, secular games, celebrated at very long intervals (the interval was fixed, in the time of Augustus, at one hundred and twenty years), and continuing three days and nights, Varr. and Liv. ap. Censor. de Die Nat. 17; Suet. Aug. 31; id. Dom. 4; id. Vit. 2; Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 159; Tac. A. 11, 11: carmen, a hymn sung at the secular games, a secular hymn; the best known hymn of this character is that composed by Horace, at the command of Augustus, to be sung at the secular games, A. U. C. 737; cf. Suet. Vit. Hor.—Hence, substt.
A. saecŭlāres, ium, m. (sc. ludi), the secular games, Suet. Claud. 21.—
B. saecŭlārĭa, ium, n. (sc. sacra), the secular games, Val. Max. 2, 4, 4 al.—
II. Worldly, temporal, profane, lay, secular; pagan, heathen (eccl. Lat.): homines (opp. monachi), Hier. Ep. 60, 11: historia, Sedul. in Conc. post Ep. 7, 9: exempla, Tert. Exhort. ad Cast. 13 (al. saeculi): feminae quaedam (Dido, Lucretia), id. ib. 13 fin.—As subst.: saecŭlārĭa, ium, n., worldly matters: redditur in culpā pastor saecularia servans, Commod. 94, 69.— Hence, adv.: saecŭlārĭter, in a worldly manner (eccl. Lat.): mulierem saeculariter ornari, Cypr. Testim. 3, 36.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*seh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sh₂ey-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sh₂éytlom
  4. Proto-Italic *saitlom ~*saiklom
  5. Latinsaeculāris

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin saeculāris From saeculum (“generation; century”) + -āris.

Descendants
  • Catalansecular
  • Frenchséculairefrom Old French seculer
  • Frenchséculierfrom Old French seculer
  • Englishsecularfrom Old French seculer
  • Italiansecolare
  • Portuguesesecular
  • Romaniansecular
  • Spanishsecular
  • Galiciansecular
  • Galiciansegrar

Quick answers

What does saeculāris mean in Latin?
saeculāris, a adjective, means “of or pertaining to a saeculum (generation; century); worldly, temporal, profane”.
How do you pronounce saeculāris?
In classical Latin, [sae̯.kʊˈɫaː.rɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [se.kuˈlaː.ris].
Where does saeculāris come from?
Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey- → Proto-Indo-European *sh₂éytlom → Proto-Italic *saitlom ~ *saiklom → Latin saeculāris.