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numeralfirst/second-declension numeral

secundus1

secundus (feminine secunda, neuter secundum)
Classical[sɛˈkʊn.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[seˈkun.dus]
№ 836 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. numeralsecond

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesecundus
IIdus		secunda
IIda		secundum
IIdum
genitivesecundī
IIdī		secundae
IIdae		secundī
IIdī
dativesecundō
IIdō		secundae
IIdae		secundō
IIdō
accusativesecundum
IIdum		secundam
IIdam		secundum
IIdum
ablativesecundō
IIdō		secundā
IIdā		secundō
IIdō
vocativesecunde
IIde		secunda
IIda		secundum
IIdum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesecundī
IIdī		secundae
IIdae		secunda
IIda
genitivesecundōrum
IIdōrum		secundārum
IIdārum		secundōrum
IIdōrum
dativesecundīs
IIdīs		secundīs
IIdīs		secundīs
IIdīs
accusativesecundōs
IIdōs		secundās
IIdās		secunda
IIda
ablativesecundīs
IIdīs		secundīs
IIdīs		secundīs
IIdīs
vocativesecundī
IIdī		secundae
IIdae		secunda
IIda

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

flumine secundo
with the stream; downstream.
fortuna secunda uti
to be fortunate, lucky.
proeliis secundis uti
to fight successfully.
rebus secundis efferri
to be puffed up by success; to be made arrogant by prosperity.
proelium facere secundum
to fight successfully.
ventis secundis, adversis uti
to have favourable, contrary, winds.
secunda mensa (Att. 14. 6. 2)
the dessert.
actor primarum (secundarum, tertiarum) partium
the actor who plays the leading part.
1 more phrases
principem (primum), secundum locum dignitatis obtinere
to occupy the first, second position in the state.

sĕcundus, a, um, adj. sequor,
I. following.
A. (Acc. to sequor, I. B. 2.)
1. Prop., the following in time or order, the next to the first, the second (cf.: alter, proximus); absol.: si te secundo lumine hic offendero, the next morning, Enn. ap. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1: de tribus unum esset optandum...optimum est facere; secundum, nec facere nec pati; miserrimum digladiari semper, etc., the next best, Cic. Rep. 3, 14, 23; cf.: id secundum erat de tribus, id. Or. 15, 50: aliquem obligare secundo sacramento, priore amisso, etc., id. Off. 1, 11, 36; cf.: prioribus equitum partibus secundis additis, id. Rep. 2, 20, 36: Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septimae, id. ib. 2, 10, 18: Olympias secunda et sexagesima, id. ib. 2, 15, 28: oriens incendium belli Punici secundi, id. ib. 1, 1, 1: aliquem secundum heredem instituere, the second or substituted heir, if the first-named die or refuse the inheritance, id. Fam. 13, 61; so, heres, Hor. S. 2, 5, 48; Inscr. Orell. 3416: mensa, the second course, dessert, Cic. Att. 14, 6, 2; 14, 21, 4; Cels. 1, 2 fin.; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120; 19, 8, 53, § 167; Verg. G. 2, 101; Hor. S. 2, 2, 121: Germania, Lower Germany, Amm. 15, 8, 19.—Subst.: sĕcundae, ārum, f. (sc. membranae), the after-birth, secundines: partus, Cels. 7, 29 fin.: non magis pertinere quam secundas ad editum infantem, Sen. Ep. 92, 34; Col. 7, 7, 4; Plin. 27, 4, 13, § 30; 30, 14, 43, § 123: secundae partūs, id. 9, 13, 15, § 41; 20, 6, 23, § 51; 20, 11, 44, § 115.—
2. Trop.
a. Following, next, second in rank, value, etc.; with ad: quorum ordo proxime accedit, ut secundus sit ad regium principatum, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52.—With ab: potentiā secundus a rege, Hirt. B. Alex. 66; with which cf.: secundus a Romulo conditor urbis Romanae, Liv. 7, 1 fin.; and: Ajax, heros ab Achille secundus, Hor. S. 2, 3, 193: qui honos secundus a rege erat, Just. 18, 4, 5.—Absol.: nil majus generatur ipso (Jove), Nec viget quicquam simile aut secundum, Hor. C. 1, 12, 18: tu (Juppiter) secundo Caesare regnes, id. ib. 1, 12, 51; corresp. to maxime: maxime vellem...secundo autem loco, etc., Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf.: me maxime consolatur spes, etc....facile secundo loco me consolatur recordatio, etc., id. Fam. 1, 6, 1 sq.: cotes Creticae diu maximam laudem habuere, secundam Laconicae, Plin. 36, 22, 47, § 164.—With dat.: nulli Campanorum secundus vinctus ad mortem rapior, Liv. 23, 10, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.: regio spatio locorum nulli earum gentium secunda, Curt. 5, 10, 3; Vell. 2, 76, 1: secundus sibi, non par, Just. 11, 12, 14: secunda nobilitas Falerno agro, id. 14, 6, 8, § 62: bonitas amomo pallido, id. 12, 13, 28, § 48.—With abl., Hirt. B. Alex. 66; cf. supra.—
b. With the prevailing idea of subjection or inferiority, secondary, subordinate, inferior; absol.: secundae sortis ingenium, only of the second grade, Sen. Ep. 52, 3: moneri velle ac posse secunda virtus est, id. Ben. 5, 25, 4; cf.: (servi) quasi secundum hominum genus sunt, Flor. 3, 20, 1: vivit siliquis et pane secundo (i. e. secundario), Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 123 (cf.: secundarius panis, Plin. 18, 10, 20, § 89; Suet. Aug. 76): tenue argentum venaeque secundae, Juv. 9, 31: haec fuit altera persona Thebis, sed tamen secunda ita, ut proxima esset Epaminondae, Nep. Pel. 4, 3. —With abl.: haud ulli veterum virtute secundus, inferior, Verg. A. 11, 441.—With inf.: nec vertere cuiquam Frena secundus Halys, Stat. Th. 2, 574.—Esp., in phrase partes secundae, second parts, inferior parts: in actoribus Graecis, ille qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48: ut credas partis mimum tractare secundas, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 14.—With ab: hic erit a mensis fine secunda dies, the last day but one of the month, Ov. F. 1, 710. —As subst.: sĕcundae, ārum, f. (sc. partes), the second or inferior parts: Spinther secundarum tertiarum Pamphilus, Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 54; Inscr. Orell. 2644: Q. Arrius, qui fuit M. Crassi quasi secundarum, Cic. Brut. 69, 242; so, secundas sortiri, Sen. Ben. 2, 29, 3: ferre, Hor. S. 1, 9, 46: deferre alicui, Quint. 10, 1, 53: agere, Sen. Ira, 3, 8, 6.—
B. (Acc. to sequor, II.)
1. Prop., naut. t. t., of currents of water, etc., favorable, fair (as following the course of the vessel): secundo flumine ad Lutetiam iter facere coepit, i. e. down the stream, Caes. B. G. 7, 58; so, Tiberi, Liv. 5, 46: amni, Verg. G. 3, 447: fluvio, id. A. 7, 494: aqua, Liv. 21, 28; cf.: totā rate in secundam aquam labente, with the current, id. 21, 47: et ventum et aestum uno tempore nactus secundum, Caes. B. G. 4, 23 fin.; so, aestu, Liv. 23, 41: mari, id. 29, 7; and, poet.: (Neptunus) curru secundo, speeding along, Verg. A. 1, 156: secundo amne, Curt. 4, 7, 9: navigatio, Tac. A. 2, 8.—Esp., of winds: in portum vento secundo, velo passo pervenit, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 45; cf.: cum videam navem secundis ventis cursum tenentem suum, Cic. Planc. 39, 94; so, ventus, Caes. B. G. 4, 23 fin.; Hor. C. 2, 10, 23; id. Ep. 2, 1, 102; cf. aquilo, id. ib. 2, 2, 201.—Sup.: cum secundissimo vento cursum teneret, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83.—Of sails (trop.): des ingenio vela secunda meo, Ov. F. 3, 790.—
2. Transf., with, according to any thing: austri anniversarii secundo sole flant, i. e. according to the course of the sun, Nigid. ap. Gell. 2, 22, 31: squama secunda (opp. adversa), as we say, with the grain, i. e. so as to offer no resistance to the hand when it is passed from the head to the tail, id. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12.—
3. Trop., favorable, propitious, fortunate (opp. adversus); absol.: secundo populo aliquid facere, with the consent of the people, Cic. Tusc. 2, 1, 4; so, concio, id. Agr. 2, 37, 101; cf.: voluntas concionis, id. Att. 1, 19, 4: admurmurationes cuncti senatūs, id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 3: rumor, Enn. ap. Non. 385, 17 (Ann. v. 260 Vahl.); Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 9: clamor, Verg. A. 5, 491: aures, Liv. 6, 40; 33, 46; 42, 28: praesentibus ac secundis diis, id. 7, 26; so, dis auspicibus et Junone secundā, Verg. A. 4, 45; and: secundo Marte ruat, id. ib. 10, 21: adi pede sacra secundo, id. ib. 8, 302; 10, 255: auspicia, Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27; cf. avis, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 82 Vahl.); and in poet. hypallage: haruspex, Verg. A. 11, 739: scitus, secunda loquens in tempore, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 3 (Ann. v. 251 Vahl.): res (opp. adversae), Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90; so, id. Lael. 5, 17; 6, 22; id. Att. 4, 2, 1; Hor. S. 2, 8, 74; cf. fortunae (opp. adversae), Cic. Sull. 23, 66; and tempora (opp. adversi casus), Auct. Her. 4, 17, 24; so, res, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 257 Müll. (Ann. v. 357 Vahl.); Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 1; Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88 (with prosperitates); Verg. A. 10, 502; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30: fortunae, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. parsi, p. 242 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 28: proelia, Caes. B. G. 3, 1: motus Galliae, successful, id. ib. 7, 59; and: belli exitus, Hor. C. 4, 14, 38: consilium, Caes. B. C. 3, 42: labores, Hor. C. 4, 4, 45.—Comp.: reliqua militia secundiore famā fuit, Suet. Caes. 2.—Sup.: secundissima proelia, Caes. B. G. 7, 62.— With dat.: secunda (sc. verba) irae, i. e. increasing, promoting it, Liv. 2, 38.—Comp.: secundiore equitum proelio nostris, Caes. B. G. 2, 9.—Sup.: tres leges secundissimas plebei, adversas nobilitati tulit, Liv. 8, 12: omnia secundissima nobis, adversissima illis accidisse videntur, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, B.—As subst.: sĕcunda, ōrum, n., favorable circumstances, good fortune: sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem, Hor. C. 2, 10, 13: age, me in tuis secundis respice, Ter. And. 5, 6, 11: omnium secundorum adversorumque causes in deos vertere, Liv. 28, 11, 1: in secundis sapere et consulere, id. 30, 42, 16: nimius homo inter secunda, Tac. H. 2, 59; 1, 10; Curt. 4, 6, 31: nemo confidat nimium secundis, Sen. Thyest. 615: poscunt fidem secunda, id. Agam. 934: secunda non habent unquam modum, id. Oedip. 694.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *sekʷondo- (literally “that follows”); equivalent to sequor (“to follow”) + -undus. The positive meanings "favourable, fair" come from the notion of the wind or current following you from behind.

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adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
secundus2
secundus (feminine secunda, neuter secundum, comparative secundior, superlative secundissimus)
Classical[sɛˈkʊn.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[seˈkun.dus]
№ 836 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. adjectivenext, following
  2. adjectiveaccording to (with object in accusative case)
  3. adjectivesecond
  4. adjectivesecondary, subordinate, inferior
  5. adjectivefavourable, fair (of weather, seas)
  6. adjectivefortunate, lucky, victorious, successful (of battle--secundum proelium)
    Errare, si qui in bello omnes secundos rerum proventus exspectent... that whoever expected every event in the war to be favorable, erredc. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico VII.29
  7. adjectivepoeticpropitious, favorable, fortunate

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesecundussecundasecundum
genitivesecundīsecundaesecundī
dativesecundōsecundaesecundō
accusativesecundumsecundamsecundum
ablativesecundōsecundāsecundō
vocativesecundesecundasecundum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesecundīsecundaesecunda
genitivesecundōrumsecundārumsecundōrum
dativesecundīssecundīssecundīs
accusativesecundōssecundāssecunda
ablativesecundīssecundīssecundīs
vocativesecundīsecundaesecunda

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

secundus (as num ordin. often written II), adj. with comp. and sup.
sequor.—In time or order, following, next, second : secundo lumine, the next morning : anno secundo, the next year : ante diem II Kalend. Februarias: Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septimae: me secundum heredem instituere, alternate heir (on the failure of the first-named): mensa, dessert : mensis accepta secundis Rhodia (vitis), V.: hoc secundā victoriā accidit, i. e. with victory already in view , N.—In rank, following, next, second : ex primo ordine in secundum ordinem civitatis venisse: Nec viget quicquam simile (Iovi) aut secundum, H.: maxime vellem . . . secundo autem loco, etc.: ad regium principatum: secundus a Romulo conditor urbis, L.: heros ab Achille secundus, H.: Haec erit a mensis fine secunda dies, the last day but one , O.— Secondary, subordinate, inferior : panis, H.: argentum venae secundae, Iu.: persona, N.: in actoribus Graecis, ille qui est secundarum partium: nulli Campanorum, L.: regio spatio locorum nulli earum gentium secunda, Cu.: haud ulli veterum virtute secundus, inferior , V.—Plur f . as subst. (sc. partes), the second part, inferior part : Q. Arrius, qui fuit M. Crassi quasi secundarum: ferre secundas, H.—Of currents or winds, favorable, fair, downward : secundo flumine iter facere, i. e. down stream , Cs.: secundo defluit amni, V.: rate in secundam aquam labente, with the current , L.: navīs mari secundo misit, with the tide , L.: secundis ventis cursum tenens: Contrahes vento nimium secundo vela, too fresh , H.: secundissimus ventus: curru volans dat lora secundo, swiftly gliding , V.— Favorable, propitious, fortunate : secundo populo aliquid facere, with the consent of the people : admurmurationes cuncti senatūs: rumor, H.: praesentibus ac secundis diis, L.: adi pede sacra secundo, V.: avis, Enn. ap C.: conveniens ad res vel secundas vel adversas: ingenium res solent celare secundae, H.: mens rebus sublata secundis, V.: Galliae motūs, successful , Cs.: irae verba, i. e. provoking , L.: secundiore equitum proelio nostris, Cs.: secundissima proelia, Cs.: leges secundissimae plebei, L.—Plur n . as subst, favorable circumstances, good fortune : Sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem, H.: in tuis secundis, T.: omnium seeundorum causae, L.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *sekʷondo- (literally “that follows”); equivalent to sequor (“to follow”) + -undus. The positive meanings "favourable, fair" come from the notion of the wind or current following you from behind.

Descendants
  • Catalansegon
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  • Englishsecond
  • Frenchsecond
  • Frenchson
  • Italiansecondo
  • Portuguesesegundo
  • Romaniansecund
  • Spanishsegún
  • Spanishsegundo
proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Secundus3
Secundus m sg (genitive Secundī)
Classical[sɛˈkʊn.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[seˈkun.dus]

Meaning

  1. masculinesingulara Roman praenomen
  2. masculinesingulara Roman cognomen
  3. EarlyMedieval Latinmasculinesingulara male given name

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeSecundus—
genitiveSecundī—
dativeSecundō—
accusativeSecundum—
ablativeSecundō—
vocativeSecunde—

Sĕcundus, i, m.; Sĕcunda, ae, f. 1. secundus,
I. a Roman proper name.
I. C. Plinius Secundus, the writer on natural history.—
II. C. Plinius Caecilius Secundus, his nephew: OCTAVIA Q. F. SECVNDA, Inscr. Grut. 445, 2; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.

Origins

From secundus (“the second”).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologySecundusSecundus (Σεκοῦνδος), Greek literary. 1. Of Athens, a distinguished sophist of the time of Hadrian, and one of the teachers of Herodes Atticus, who qu…

Quick answers

What does secundus mean in Latin?
secundus, a numeral, means “second”.
How do you pronounce secundus?
In classical Latin, [sɛˈkʊn.dʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [seˈkun.dus].