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English
Etymology
From Latin secus.
Adverb
secus (not comparable)
- (law) otherwise, to the contrary.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
Uncertain. Perhaps:
Pronunciation
Adverb
secus (not comparable)
- otherwise, to the contrary
- sin secus/minus/aliter ― otherwise, if not
- differently
Preposition
secus (+ accusative)
- by, beside, along, on
- Synonym: secundum
- according to, in proportion to
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See sexus.
Noun
secus n (indeclinable)
- sex, gender, division
References
- “secus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “secus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "secus", 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)
- secus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- sin in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- this is quite another matter: hoc longe aliter, secus est
- secus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- secus (1) and secus (2) in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879