secundus
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of secundus
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1820–30
Example Sentences
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Gilbertus secundus, cognomine Rufus, comes Glocestrie octavus, et Hertfordie septimus, obiit septimo Decembris, anno domini 1295.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire by Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph)
"What a knowing set out!" squeaked Johnson secundus.
From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
Primus continet res gestas regum populi Romani, secundus et tertius unde quaeque civitas orta sit Italica, ob quam rem omnes 20 Origines videtur appellasse.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
The divine concursus supervenes to enable the will to perform the actus secundus or salutary act proper.
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur
Illísque pertranseuntibus, succedit simili modo millenarius secundus, et tertius, atque quartus, nec auditur à quoquam vnicum verbum.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard
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