secta
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
secta f (plural sectes)
Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Participle[edit]
secta
- nominative feminine singular of sectus
- nominative neuter plural of sectus
- accusative neuter plural of sectus
- vocative feminine singular of sectus
- vocative neuter plural of sectus
Participle[edit]
sectā
Etymology 2[edit]
Probably from sectus (“cut off, amputated, divided”), perfect passive participle of secō, as in a distinct, separate body or group (e.g. a religious, political, or philosophical sect). See also the expression "secāre viam" ("take one's way, travel"). Another possibility is a derivation from sequor, sequī (“to follow”), past participle secutus.
Noun[edit]
secta f (genitive sectae); first declension
- a trodden or beaten way, pathway, mode, manner, method, principle[1]
- a body of political principles, party, side, faction
- (philosophy) a doctrine, school, sect
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | secta | sectae |
| Genitive | sectae | sectārum |
| Dative | sectae | sectīs |
| Accusative | sectam | sectās |
| Ablative | sectā | sectīs |
| Vocative | secta | sectae |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- secta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- secta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- secta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- secta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) a sect, school of thought: schola, disciplina, familia; secta
- (ambiguous) to be a follower, disciple of some one: sectam alicuius sequi (Brut. 31. 120)
- (ambiguous) a sect, school of thought: schola, disciplina, familia; secta
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
secta f (plural sectas)
Related terms[edit]
- sectario m, sectaria f
- sectarismo m
See also[edit]
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