secta

secta lat. ‘befolgte Grundsätze, Denkweise, Richtlinie, Partei, philosophische Schule’,

• spätlat. auch ‘religiöse Sekte’;

Etymology 1

Participle

secta

1. inflection of sectus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

sectā

1. ablative feminine singular of sectus

Etymology 2

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

secta f (genitive sectae); first declension

1. a trodden or beaten way, pathway, mode, manner, method, principle
2. a body of political principles, party, side, faction
3. (philosophy) a doctrine, school, sect

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	secta	sectae
Genitive	sectae	sectārum
Dative	sectae	sectīs
Accusative	sectam	sectās
Ablative	sectā	sectīs
Vocative	secta	sectae