secus

English

Etymology

From Latin secus.

Adverb

secus (not comparable)

1. (law) otherwise, to the contrary.

Anagrams

• 'scuse

Latin

Etymology 1

• From Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”), the same root of sequor. Properly, following, later in rank or order, i. e. less than something mentioned before.
• Others refer it to Proto-Indo-European *swe- + *-ḱʷo-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.kus/, [ˈs̠ɛkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.kus/, [ˈsɛːkus]

Adverb

secus (not comparable)

1. otherwise, to the contrary

   sin secus/minus/aliter ― otherwise, if not

2. differently

Preposition

secus (+ accusative)

1. by, beside, along, on

   Synonym: secundum

2. according to, in proportion to

Derived terms

• altrīnsecus
• circumsecus
• extrīnsecus
• forīnsecus
• intrīnsecus
• sequius
• utrīnsecus

Related terms

• sequor
• socius

Etymology 2

See sexus.

Noun

secus n (indeclinable)

1. sex, gender, division

References

• “secus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “secus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• secus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• secus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• sin in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • this is quite another matter: hoc longe aliter, secus est
    
• secus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• secus (1) and secus (2) in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879