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| | 20[a], [b], [c], [d], [e] | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | ------------------------------------- | | ← 1 | II2 | 3 → | | Cardinal: duo Ordinal: secundus, alter Adverbial: bis Proportional: duplus Multiplier: duplex, alterplex, biplex Distributive: bīnus Collective: bīniō Fractional: dīmidius, sēmis | | |

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]

secundus (feminine secunda, neuter secundum); first/second-declension numeral

  1. second, the ordinal number after prīmus (“first”) and before tertius (“third”)

First/second-declension adjective.

secundus (feminine secunda, neuter secundum, comparative secundior, superlative secundissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. next, following
    Synonym: posterior
  2. according to (with object in accusative case)
  3. second
  4. secondary, subordinate, inferior
    Synonym: posterior
  5. (nautical) favourable, fair (of weather, seas)
  6. (military) fortunate, lucky, victorious, successful (of battle--secundis proeliis)
  7. (poetic) propitious, favorable, fortunate

First/second-declension adjective.

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sequor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “secundus”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 608
  3. ^ The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989. Volume XIV, page 825.

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