sequior

Latin

Etymology

Comparative of an unattested adjective *sequus, probably from the root of sequor (“to follow”) +‎ -us, compare vīvō (“to live”) and vīvus (“alive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈse.kʷi.or/, [ˈs̠ɛkʷiɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.kwi.or/, [ˈsɛːkwior]

Adjective

sequior (neuter sequius); third declension

1. inferior, lesser

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	sequior	sequius		sequiōrēs	sequiōra
Genitive	sequiōris			sequiōrum
Dative	sequiōrī			sequiōribus
Accusative	sequiōrem	sequius		sequiōrēs	sequiōra
Ablative	sequiōre			sequiōribus
Vocative	sequior	sequius		sequiōrēs	sequiōra

Related terms

• sexus sequior

References

• “secus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press