secundum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin secundum.

Preposition

secundum

1. (formal) according to

Related terms

• schwa secundum
• secundum artem
• secundum naturam
• secundum quid

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɛˈkʊn.dũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [seˈkun.dum]

Numeral

secundum

1. inflection of secundus:
   1. accusative masculine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

Adjective

secundum

1. inflection of secundus:
   1. accusative masculine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

Noun

secundum n (genitive secundī); second declension

1. good luck, fortune, success

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	secundum	secunda
genitive	secundī	secundōrum
dative	secundō	secundīs
accusative	secundum	secunda
ablative	secundō	secundīs
vocative	secundum	secunda

Descendants

• Italian: secondo
• Spanish: segundo

Preposition

secundum (+ accusative)

1. along, by

   Synonym: praeter

2. just after, following, next to, subsequently to

   Near-synonym: post

   • 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 3.13:

     mutavi consilium nec me Thessalonica commovi, ubi esse statueram quoad aliquid ad me de eo scriberes, quod proximis litteris scripseras fore uti secundum comitia aliquid de nobis in senatu ageretur; […]

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3. next in importance, beside

   Synonym: praeter

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 1.4:

     Sed debebatur, ut opinor, fatis tantae origo urbis maximique secundum deorum opes imperii principium.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. in a way consistent with: agreeably to, after, in accordance with, according to, in keeping with, as becoming (something)

   Synonym: ex

   secundum nātūram vīvere ― to live according to nature

5. according to, conforming to, in line with (one's opinion)

   Synonyms: per, ūsque ad (Ml.)

   • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Biblia Vulgata: Euangelium secundum Lucam I.38:

     dixit autem maria
     ecce ancilla domini fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum

     And Mary said: "Here's the handmaiden of the Lord. Let it be done to me according to your word."

6. in favor or to the advantage of

Descendants

• Catalan: segons
• → English: secundum
• Italian: secondo
• Portuguese: segundo
• Old Spanish: segund, según
  • Spanish: según

References

• “secundum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “secundum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “secundum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to occupy the first, second position in the state: principem (primum), secundum locum dignitatis obtinere
    
  • to fight successfully: proelium facere secundum