Secundus

Not to be confused with the nomen Secundius.

Secundus is the Latin word for "second." However, it also had the meaning of "favorable" or "lucky." It functions both as a proper name and a numeral title. It can refer to:

People

Ancient Romans

• Pliny the Elder or Gaius Plinius Secundus (23-79)
• Pliny the Younger or Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (61-c. 112)
• Lucius Pedanius Secundus (died 61), consul and praefectus urbi
• Pomponius Secundus, first century general and poet
• Quintus Petilius Secundus (c. 40-c. 65), legionary
• Quintus Pomponius Secundus, aristocrat and brother of Pomponius Secundus
• Titus Petronius Secundus (40-97), a prefect of the Praetorian Guard

Ancient Greeks

• Secundus the Silent, second century philosopher who took a vow of silence

Early Christians

• Secundus of Abula, first century missionary and martyr
• Secundus of Asti (died 119), saint
• Secundus (died c. 295), martyr (see Carpophorus, Exanthus, Cassius, Severinus, Secundus, and Licinius)
• Secundus of Ptolemais, fourth century bishop
• Secundus of Non or Secundus of Trent (died c. 612), adviser to Lombard King Agilulf
• Secundus of Tigisis

Other

• Johannes Secundus (1511–1536), Dutch neo-Latin poet
• Petrus Lotichius Secundus (1528-1560), scholar and neo-Latin poet born Peter Lotz
• Alexander Monro (secundus) (1733–1817), Scottish physician

Science fiction

• Secundus, a fictional planet in the Robert A. Heinlein novel Time Enough for Love and subsequent books featuring Lazarus Long
• Salusa Secundus, a formerly prison planet in Frank Herbert's Dune series. It was devastated by atomic weapons before the events of Dune: House Atreides in Brian Herbert's Legends of Dune
• Secundus Ando, a planet in the Star Wars The Clone Wars TV series. Also home of the Harch, a sentient arachnid species

See also

• Primus (disambiguation)
• Tertius (disambiguation)