sectus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of secō.

Participle

sectus (feminine secta, neuter sectum); first/second-declension participle

1. cut (off)
2. divided
3. amputated

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sectus	secta	sectum		sectī	sectae	secta
Genitive	sectī	sectae	sectī		sectōrum	sectārum	sectōrum
Dative	sectō		sectō		sectīs
Accusative	sectum	sectam	sectum		sectōs	sectās	secta
Ablative	sectō	sectā	sectō		sectīs
Vocative	secte	secta	sectum		sectī	sectae	secta

Derived terms

• secta (probably)

References

• “sectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sectus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) a sect, school of thought: schola, disciplina, familia; secta
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a follower, disciple of some one: sectam alicuius sequi (Brut. 31. 120)