sectus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sek-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *sekaō
Latin secō
Latin sectus

    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.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative sectus secta sectum sectī sectae secta
    genitive sectī sectae sectī sectōrum sectārum sectōrum
    dative sectō sectae sectō sectīs
    accusative sectum sectam sectum sectōs sectās secta
    ablative sectō sectā sectō sectīs
    vocative secte secta sectum sectī sectae secta

    Derived terms

    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, 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)
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