Dictionary formsecundus, secunda, secundum
Translation
second, next; favourable, following
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The second son received the kingdom.
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In the second year he returned.
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With a following wind they came into harbour.
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Prosperity does not always last.
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We read the second part of the book.
Secundus, secunda, secundum is first and second declension, and it is the future participle of sequor with the deponent meaning kept: "following". Everything else falls out of that. Second in order is the one following the first. Favourable is the wind or current that goes your way, so secundo flumine is downstream and vento secundo is with a fair wind. Res secundae, literally following circumstances, is prosperity, and its opposite res adversae is the things coming at you.
The preposition secundum, "along, next to, according to", is the same word again. Note the competition with alter, which means the second of exactly two and is preferred when only a pair is in play.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 12: secundus, porta, amplius and 11 more words.