secus

English

Etymology

Latin secus

Adverb

secus (not comparable)

(law) otherwise, to the contrary.

Anagrams

'scuse

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”), the same root of sequor. Properly, following, later in rank or order, i. e. less than something mentioned before.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.kus/, [ˈsɛ.kʊs]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.kus/, [ˈseː.kus]

(Vulgar) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.kus/, [ˈsɛ.ɡos]

Adverb

secus (not comparable)

otherwise, to the contrary
differently

Preposition

secus (+ accusative)

(= secundum) by, beside, along, on
according to, in proportion to

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See sexus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.kus/, [ˈsɛ.kʊs]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.kus/, [ˈseː.kus]
(Vulgar) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.kʊs/

Noun

secus n (no genitive); irregular declension

sex

Declension

Not declined; used only in the nominative and accusative singular.

Case	Singular
nominative	secus
genitive	—
dative	—
accusative	secus
ablative	—
vocative	—

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, 1883–1887)
secus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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 (accessed 16 July 2016) 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

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