secundus
From Proto-Italic *sekʷondo- (literally “that follows”); equivalent to sequor (“to follow”) + -undus.[1] The positive meanings "favourable, fair" come from the notion of the wind or current following you from behind.[2][3]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /seˈkun.dus/, [s̠ɛˈkʊn̪d̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /seˈkun.dus/, [seˈkun̪d̪us]
Numeral
secundus (feminine secunda, neuter secundum); first/second-declension numeral
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | secundus | secunda | secundum | secundī | secundae | secunda | |
| Genitive | secundī | secundae | secundī | secundōrum | secundārum | secundōrum | |
| Dative | secundō | secundō | secundīs | ||||
| Accusative | secundum | secundam | secundum | secundōs | secundās | secunda | |
| Ablative | secundō | secundā | secundō | secundīs | |||
| Vocative | secunde | secunda | secundum | secundī | secundae | secunda | |