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

She knows he’s on Salusa Secundus.

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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.

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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.”

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

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"Primus is certainly learning caution," said Secundus to his four other dead brothers.

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