Latin

Numeral

secundus m ‎(feminine secunda, neuter secundum); first/second declension

1. (ordinal) second, the ordinal number after prīmus ‎(“first”) and before tertius ‎(“third”)

Inflection

First/second declension.

Descendants

Adjective

secundus m ‎(feminine secunda, neuter secundum); first/second declension

1. next, following
2. second
3. secondary
4. subordinate
5. (nautical) favourable, fair (of weather, seas)
6. (military) fortunate, lucky, victorious, successful (of battle--secundis proeliis)

Inflection

First/second declension.

Descendants

Related terms

• secundarius
• sequi

References

• secundus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• secundus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SECUNDUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “secundus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to have favourable, contrary, winds: ventis secundis, adversis uti
    
  • to be fortunate, lucky: fortuna secunda uti
    
  • to be puffed up by success; to be made arrogant by prosperity: rebus secundis efferri
    
  • the actor who plays the leading part: actor primarum (secundarum, tertiarum) partium
    
  • the dessert: secunda mensa (Att. 14. 6. 2)
    
  • to fight successfully: proeliis secundis uti
    
  • (ambiguous) with the stream; downstream: flumine secundo
    
• secundus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• secundus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

1. ↑ The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.