secundarius

English

Etymology

From Latin secundarius.

Noun

secundarius

1. A lay vicar.

Latin

Etymology

Derived from secundus (“second”) +‎ -ārius (“adjective forming suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /se.kunˈdaː.ri.us/, [s̠ɛkʊn̪ˈd̪äːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se.kunˈda.ri.us/, [sekun̪ˈd̪äːrius]

Adjective

secundārius (feminine secundāria, neuter secundārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. second-class, second-rate, of inferior quality

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	secundārius	secundāria	secundārium		secundāriī	secundāriae	secundāria
Genitive	secundāriī	secundāriae	secundāriī		secundāriōrum	secundāriārum	secundāriōrum
Dative	secundāriō		secundāriō		secundāriīs
Accusative	secundārium	secundāriam	secundārium		secundāriōs	secundāriās	secundāria
Ablative	secundāriō	secundāriā	secundāriō		secundāriīs
Vocative	secundārie	secundāria	secundārium		secundāriī	secundāriae	secundāria

Related terms

• secundānus
• secundātus
• secundō
• secundum
• secundus

 

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: secundari
• → English: secundarius
• French: secondaire
  • → German: sekundär
  • Haitian Creole: segondè
• Italian: secondario
• → Middle English: secundarie, secundary, secundarye, secondary, secoundary, secoundarie
  • English: secondary
• Portuguese: secundário
• Romanian: secundar
• Spanish: secundario

References

• “secundarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “secundarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• secundarius 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)
• secundarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• secundarius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016