FromLatinsecus.

secus (notcomparable)

1. (law)otherwise, to thecontrary.

• 'scuse

Uncertain. Perhaps:

• FromProto-Indo-European*sekʷ-(“to follow”), the same root ofsequor. Properly, following, later in rank or order, i. e. less than something mentioned before.
• Others refer it toProto-Indo-European*swe- +*-ḱʷo-.

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): [ˈsɛ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.kus]

secus (comparativesequius,nosuperlative)

1. otherwise, to thecontrary

   Synonym:aliter

   sinsecus ―otherwise, if not

   • c. 180BCE,Plautus,Casina2.6:

     [Cleostrata] Quis uotat?
     [Lysidamus] Optumum atque aequissumum istud esse iure iudico.
     Postremo si illuc quod uolumus eueniet, gaudebimus:
     Sin secus, patiemur animis aequis. tene sortem tibi:
     Vide quid scriptumst.
     [Olympo] Vnum.
     [Chalinus] Iniquomst, quia isti prius quam mihist.

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   • 52BCE,Cicero,De optimo genere oratorum1.1:

     Oratorum genera esse dicuntur tamquam poetarum; idsecus est, nam alterum est multiplex

     They say there are different kinds of orators, as these exist among poets; but itis otherwise, though of poets there are many.

2. differently

   haudsecus, nonsecus (quam, ac) ―not differently than, just as, even so (as)

   • 27BCE – 25BCE,Titus Livius,Ab Urbe Condita7.13:

     […] ; quamquam de gloria vix dicere ausim, si nos et hosteshaud secus quam feminas abditos intra vallum omnibus contumeliis eludunt, et […]

     […] ; though I had as lief not to speak of glory, when the enemy jeers us with much abuseas if women concealing behind walls, and […]

secus (+accusative)(pre-classical and post-classical, chiefly inEpigraphic Latin, laterproscribed)

1. by,beside,along,on

   Synonyms:secundum,ad

   • 234BCE – 149BCE,Cato the Elder,De Agri Cultura21:

     Replicato in inferiorem partem cupae omnis quattuor lamminas; utrimquesecus lamminas sub lamminas pollulas minutas supponito, eas inter sese configito, ne foramina maiora fiant, quo cupulae minusculae indentur.

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   • c. AD 375,Flavius Sosipater Charisius,Ars Grammatica I:

     Ceterum id quod vulgus usurpatsecus illum sedi, hoc est secundum illum, et novum et sordidum est.

     Moreover, this that the common people make use of, "I satnext to [secus] him", this is "next to [secundum] him", and it is new and repulsing.

2. accordingto, inproportion to

Seesexus.

secus n (indeclinable)

1. sex, gender, division

• “secus”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “secus”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891),An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "secus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “secus”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• sin inEnrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025),Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894),Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London:Macmillan and Co.
  • this is quite another matter:hoc longe aliter, secus est
    
• secus inRamminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)),Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• secus (1) andsecus (2) in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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