secundus

[ suh-kuhn-duhs ]

adjective

1. (in prescriptions) second.

Word History and Origins

Origin of secundus¹

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1820–30

Example Sentences

Salusa Secundus, the Imperium’s seat, resembles a cross between a “Blade Runner” red light district and a Florentine court when the Medicis were running the show.

From Salon

Gaius Plinius Secundus, born around 23 A.D., was a polymath who believed that you could cure a cold by kissing the hairy muzzle of a mouse, that a pregnant woman who eats salty food will give birth to a child without fingernails and that “there is no greater cause for the destruction of morals and rise of luxury than shellfish.”

From New York Times

"And then there's the matter of revenge," said Secundus, in the voice of the wind howling through the pass.

From Literature

Four of his sons were dead: Secundus, Quintus, Quartus and Sextus, and they stood unmoving, grey figures, insubstantial and silent.

From Literature

"She was very beautiful," whispered Secundus, and Letitia thought she heard the curtains rustle.

From Literature