sĕcundus, a, um, adj. [sequor],
I following.
A (Acc. to sequor, I. B. 2.)
1 Prop., the following in time or order, the next to the first , the second (cf.: alter, proximus); absol. : si te secundo lumine hic offendero, the next morning , Enn. ap. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1: de tribus unum esset optandum...optimum est facere; secundum, nec facere nec pati; miserrimum digladiari semper, etc., the next best , Cic. Rep. 3, 14, 23; cf.: id secundum erat de tribus, id. Or. 15, 50: aliquem obligare secundo sacramento, priore amisso, etc., id. Off. 1, 11, 36; cf.: prioribus equitum partibus secundis additis, id. Rep. 2, 20, 36: Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septimae, id. ib. 2, 10, 18: Olympias secunda et sexagesima, id. ib. 2, 15, 28: oriens incendium belli Punici secundi, id. ib. 1, 1, 1: aliquem secundum heredem instituere, the second or substituted heir , if the first-named die or refuse the inheritance, id. Fam. 13, 61; so, heres, Hor. S. 2, 5, 48; Inscr. Orell. 3416: mensa, the second course , dessert , Cic. Att. 14, 6, 2; 14, 21, 4; Cels. 1, 2 fin. ; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120; 19, 8, 53, § 167; Verg. G. 2, 101; Hor. S. 2, 2, 121: Germania, Lower Germany , Amm. 15, 8, 19.—Subst.: sĕcundae , ārum, f. (sc. membranae), the after-birth , secundines : partus, Cels. 7, 29 fin. : non magis pertinere quam secundas ad editum infantem, Sen. Ep. 92, 34; Col. 7, 7, 4; Plin. 27, 4, 13, § 30; 30, 14, 43, § 123: secundae partūs, id. 9, 13, 15, § 41; 20, 6, 23, § 51; 20, 11, 44, § 115.—
2 Trop.
a Following , next , second in rank, value, etc.; with ad : quorum ordo proxime accedit, ut secundus sit ad regium principatum, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52.—With ab : potentiā secundus a rege, Auct. B. Alex. 66; with which cf.: secundus a Romulo conditor urbis Romanae, Liv. 7, 1 fin. ; and: Ajax, heros ab Achille secundus, Hor. S. 2, 3, 193: qui honos secundus a rege erat, Just. 18, 4, 5.— Absol. : nil majus generatur ipso (Jove), Nec viget quicquam simile aut secundum, Hor. C. 1, 12, 18: tu (Juppiter) secundo Caesare regnes, id. ib. 1, 12, 51; corresp. to maxime : maxime vellem...secundo autem loco, etc., Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf.: me maxime consolatur spes, etc....facile secundo loco me consolatur recordatio, etc., id. Fam. 1, 6, 1 sq.: cotes Creticae diu maximam laudem habuere, secundam Laconicae, Plin. 36, 22, 47, § 164.—With dat.: nulli Campanorum secundus vinctus ad mortem rapior, Liv. 23, 10, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.: regio spatio locorum nulli earum gentium secunda, Curt. 5, 10, 3; Vell. 2, 76, 1: secundus sibi, non par, Just. 11, 12, 14: secunda nobilitas Falerno agro, id. 14, 6, 8, § 62: bonitas amomo pallido, id. 12, 13, 28, § 48.—With abl., Auct. B. Alex. 66; cf. supra.—
b With the prevailing idea of subjection or inferiority, secondary , subordinate , inferior; absol. : secundae sortis ingenium, only of the second grade , Sen. Ep. 52, 3: moneri velle ac posse secunda virtus est, id. Ben. 5, 25, 4; cf.: (servi) quasi secundum hominum genus sunt, Flor. 3, 20, 1: vivit siliquis et pane secundo (i. e. secundario), Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 123 (cf.: secundarius panis, Plin. 18, 10, 20, § 89; Suet. Aug. 76): tenue argentum venaeque secundae, Juv. 9, 31: haec fuit altera persona Thebis, sed tamen secunda ita, ut proxima esset Epaminondae, Nep. Pel. 4, 3. —With abl.: haud ulli veterum virtute secundus, inferior , Verg. A. 11, 441.—With inf.: nec vertere cuiquam Frena secundus Halys, Stat. Th. 2, 574.—Esp., in phrase partes secundae, second parts , inferior parts : in actoribus Graecis, ille qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48: ut credas partis mimum tractare secundas, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 14.—With ab : hic erit a mensis fine secunda dies, the last day but one of the month , Ov. F. 1, 710. —As subst.: sĕcundae , ārum, f. (sc. partes), the second or inferior parts : Spinther secundarum tertiarum Pamphilus, Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 54; Inscr. Orell. 2644: Q. Arrius, qui fuit M. Crassi quasi secundarum, Cic. Brut. 69, 242; so, secundas sortiri, Sen. Ben. 2, 29, 3: ferre, Hor. S. 1, 9, 46: deferre alicui, Quint. 10, 1, 53: agere, Sen. Ira, 3, 8, 6.—
B (Acc. to sequor, II.)
1 Prop., naut. t. t., of currents of water, etc., favorable , fair (as following the course of the vessel): secundo flumine ad Lutetiam iter facere coepit, i. e. down the stream , Caes. B. G. 7, 58; so, Tiberi, Liv. 5, 46: amni, Verg. G. 3, 447: fluvio, id. A. 7, 494: aqua, Liv. 21, 28; cf.: totā rate in secundam aquam labente, with the current , id. 21, 47: et ventum et aestum uno tempore nactus secundum, Caes. B. G. 4, 23 fin. ; so, aestu, Liv. 23, 41: mari, id. 29, 7; and, poet.: (Neptunus) curru secundo, speeding along , Verg. A. 1, 156: secundo amne, Curt. 4, 7, 9: navigatio, Tac. A. 2, 8.—Esp., of winds: in portum vento secundo, velo passo pervenit, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 45; cf.: cum videam navem secundis ventis cursum tenentem suum, Cic. Planc. 39, 94; so, ventus, Caes. B. G. 4, 23 fin. ; Hor. C. 2, 10, 23; id. Ep. 2, 1, 102; cf. aquilo, id. ib. 2, 2, 201.— Sup. : cum secundissimo vento cursum teneret, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83.—Of sails (trop.): des ingenio vela secunda meo, Ov. F. 3, 790.—
2 Transf., with , according to any thing: austri anniversarii secundo sole flant, i. e. according to the course of the sun , Nigid. ap. Gell. 2, 22, 31: squama secunda (opp. adversa), as we say, with the grain , i. e. so as to offer no resistance to the hand when it is passed from the head to the tail, id. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12.—
3 Trop., favorable , propitious , fortunate (opp. adversus); absol. : secundo populo aliquid facere, with the consent of the people , Cic. Tusc. 2, 1, 4; so, concio, id. Agr. 2, 37, 101; cf.: voluntas concionis, id. Att. 1, 19, 4: admurmurationes cuncti senatūs, id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 3: rumor, Enn. ap. Non. 385, 17 (Ann. v. 260 Vahl.); Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 9: clamor, Verg. A. 5, 491: aures, Liv. 6, 40; 33, 46; 42, 28: praesentibus ac secundis diis, id. 7, 26; so, dis auspicibus et Junone secundā, Verg. A. 4, 45; and: secundo Marte ruat, id. ib. 10, 21: adi pede sacra secundo, id. ib. 8, 302; 10, 255: auspicia, Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27; cf. avis, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 82 Vahl.); and in poet. hypallage: haruspex, Verg. A. 11, 739: scitus, secunda loquens in tempore, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 3 (Ann. v. 251 Vahl.): res (opp. adversae), Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90; so, id. Lael. 5, 17; 6, 22; id. Att. 4, 2, 1; Hor. S. 2, 8, 74; cf. fortunae (opp. adversae), Cic. Sull. 23, 66; and tempora (opp. adversi casus), Auct. Her. 4, 17, 24; so, res, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 257 Müll. (Ann. v. 357 Vahl.); Ter. Heaut. 230; Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88 (with prosperitates); Verg. A. 10, 502; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30: fortunae, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. parsi, p. 242 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 28: proelia, Caes. B. G. 3, 1: motus Galliae, successful , id. ib. 7, 59; and: belli exitus, Hor. C. 4, 14, 38: consilium, Caes. B. C. 3, 42: labores, Hor. C. 4, 4, 45.— Comp. : reliqua militia secundiore famā fuit, Suet. Caes. 2.— Sup. : secundissima proelia, Caes. B. G. 7, 62.— With dat.: secunda (sc. verba) irae, i. e. increasing , promoting it , Liv. 2, 38.— Comp. : secundiore equitum proelio nostris, Caes. B. G. 2, 9.— Sup. : tres leges secundissimas plebei, adversas nobilitati tulit, Liv. 8, 12: omnia secundissima nobis, adversissima illis accidisse videntur, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, B.—As subst.: sĕcunda , ōrum, n., favorable circumstances , good fortune : sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem, Hor. C. 2, 10, 13: age, me in tuis secundis respice, Ter. And. 975: omnium secundorum adversorumque causes in deos vertere, Liv. 28, 11, 1: in secundis sapere et consulere, id. 30, 42, 16: nimius homo inter secunda, Tac. H. 2, 59; 1, 10; Curt. 4, 6, 31: nemo confidat nimium secundis, Sen. Thyest. 615: poscunt fidem secunda, id. Agam. 934: secunda non habent unquam modum, id. Oedip. 694.