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secundus (as num ordin. often written II), adj. with comp. and sup.

sequor.—In time or order, following, next, second : secundo lumine, the next morning : anno secundo, the next year : ante diem II Kalend. Februarias: Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septimae: me secundum heredem instituere, alternate heir (on the failure of the first-named): mensa, dessert : mensis accepta secundis Rhodia (vitis), V.: hoc secundā victoriā accidit, i. e. with victory already in view , N.—In rank, following, next, second : ex primo ordine in secundum ordinem civitatis venisse: Nec viget quicquam simile (Iovi) aut secundum, H.: maxime vellem . . . secundo autem loco, etc.: ad regium principatum: secundus a Romulo conditor urbis, L.: heros ab Achille secundus, H.: Haec erit a mensis fine secunda dies, the last day but one , O.Secondary, subordinate, inferior : panis, H.: argentum venae secundae, Iu.: persona, N.: in actoribus Graecis, ille qui est secundarum partium: nulli Campanorum, L.: regio spatio locorum nulli earum gentium secunda, Cu.: haud ulli veterum virtute secundus, inferior , V.Plur f . as subst. (sc. partes), the second part, inferior part : Q. Arrius, qui fuit M. Crassi quasi secundarum: ferre secundas, H.—Of currents or winds, favorable, fair, downward : secundo flumine iter facere, i. e. down stream , Cs.: secundo defluit amni, V.: rate in secundam aquam labente, with the current , L.: navīs mari secundo misit, with the tide , L.: secundis ventis cursum tenens: Contrahes vento nimium secundo vela, too fresh , H.: secundissimus ventus: curru volans dat lora secundo, swiftly gliding , V.Favorable, propitious, fortunate : secundo populo aliquid facere, with the consent of the people : admurmurationes cuncti senatūs: rumor, H.: praesentibus ac secundis diis, L.: adi pede sacra secundo, V.: avis, Enn. ap C.: conveniens ad res vel secundas vel adversas: ingenium res solent celare secundae, H.: mens rebus sublata secundis, V.: Galliae motūs, successful , Cs.: irae verba, i. e. provoking , L.: secundiore equitum proelio nostris, Cs.: secundissima proelia, Cs.: leges secundissimae plebei, L.Plur n . as subst, favorable circumstances, good fortune : Sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem, H.: in tuis secundis, T.: omnium seeundorum causae, L.

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