Secundus

See also: secundus

Latin

Etymology

From secundus.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Secundus m sg (genitive Secundī); second declension

  1. a Roman praenomen[1]
  2. a Roman cognomen
  3. (Early Medieval Latin) a male given name

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Secundus
genitive Secundī
dative Secundō
accusative Secundum
ablative Secundō
vocative Secunde

References

  • “Secundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Secundus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Lindley Richard Dean (1916), A Study of the Cognomina of Soldiers in the Roman Legions, page 49,79:
    [page 49:] Secundus. Like Primus, Secundus seems to have been used first as a praenomen in the names of ordinary citizens. (Vid. CIL XIII 6899). It is found as a cognomen as early as the middle decades of the first century […]
    [page 79:] The numeral adjectives Primus, Secundus, Tertius, and Sextus were employed as praenomina at one time. […]
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