secundarius Latin · revision 9147

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [sɛ.kʊnˈdaː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [se.kunˈdaː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''secundārius''' (feminine secundāria, neuter secundārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[secundus]] “second, following” with the suffix [[-ārius]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot cites Cicero's ''De inventione'' and ''De re publica''.^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler's first source is Suetonius.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of the second stage, grade, size or quality, secondary, second-rate, mostly as a technical term, and Columella uses it of second-quality goods.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant a joint king and a schoolmaster's assistant.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for secondary.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''secondario'' and Spanish ''secundario'', and through Old French it gave [[en|secondary]] in the late 14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''secondary'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of the second grade, [[m|en|secondary]], second-rate.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A joint king; an assistant schoolmaster.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[subsecundārius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[secundus]]

+ * [[sequor]]

+ * [[en|secondary]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}