secus

From Latin secus.

secus (not comparable)

1. (law) otherwise, to the contrary.

• 'scuse

From Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”), the same root of sequor. Properly, following, later in rank or order, i. e. less than something mentioned before.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.kus/, [ˈsɛ.kʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.kus/, [ˈseː.kus]
• (Vulgar) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.kus/, [ˈsɛ.ɡos]

secus (not comparable)

1. otherwise, to the contrary
2. differently

secus (+ accusative)

1. (= secundum) by, beside, along, on
2. according to, in proportion to

See sexus.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.kus/, [ˈsɛ.kʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.kus/, [ˈseː.kus]
• (Vulgar) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.kus/, [ˈsɛ.ɡos]

secus n sg (indeclinable, no genitive)

1. sex

Not declined; used only in the nominative and accusative singular., singular only.

• secus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• secus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• secus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• secus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • this is quite another matter: hoc longe aliter, secus est
    
• secus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• secus (1) and secus (2) in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879