Secundus
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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:
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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
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
See also
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