Translation
according to; along
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Examples
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We ought to live according to nature.
navigavimus.
We sailed along the shore.
iudicatum .
It was judged according to the law.
Evangelium Iohannem.
The gospel according to John.
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Everything was done in keeping with custom.
takes the ACCUSATIVE. It is the neuter of , "following", which is itself the participle of , so the whole range of meanings unfolds from "following": following the coastline, hence "along"; following in order, hence "next after"; following a rule, hence "in accordance with".
That last sense is the common one. Classical prose prefers here where late and church Latin prefers , and both fossilise in the gospel titles. Do not confuse it with the plain adjective , "second", or with , "favourable circumstances", where the metaphor is the following wind that carries a ship rather than the wind in its face.
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 9: secundum, quin, longe and 7 more words.