sectus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of secō.

Participle

sectus (feminine secta, neuter sectum); first/second-declension participle

  1. cut (off)
  2. divided
  3. amputated

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative sectus secta sectum sectī sectae secta
genitive sectī sectae sectī sectōrum sectārum sectōrum
dative sectō sectae sectō sectīs
accusative sectum sectam sectum sectōs sectās secta
ablative sectō sectā sectō sectīs
vocative secte secta sectum sectī sectae secta

Derived terms

References

  • “sectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sectus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • sectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) a sect, school of thought: schola, disciplina, familia; secta
    • (ambiguous) to be a follower, disciple of some one: sectam alicuius sequi (Brut. 31. 120)
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