secans

Catalan

Adjective

secans

  1. masculine plural of secà

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of secō (“cut, cleave”)

Participle

secāns (genitive secantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. cutting
  2. cleaving, dividing
  3. (medicine) operating, amputating
  4. castrating
  5. (by extension) wounding, injuring

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative secāns secantēs secantia
Genitive secantis secantium
Dative secantī secantibus
Accusative secantem secāns secantēs
secantīs		 secantia
Ablative secante
secantī1		 secantibus
Vocative secāns secantēs secantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Polish
secans

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin secāns.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.kans/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛkans
  • Syllabification: se‧cans

Noun

secans m inan (related adjective secansowy)

  1. (trigonometry) secant (in a right triangle, the reciprocal of the cosine of an angle)
    Hypernym: funkcja trygonometryczna
    Coordinate terms: cosecans, cosinus, cotangens, sinus, tangens

Declension
Declension of secans
singular plural
nominative secans secansy
genitive secansa/secansu secansów
dative secansowi secansom
accusative secans secansy
instrumental secansem secansami
locative secansie secansach
vocative secansie secansy
adjective
  • secansoidalny
adverb
  • secansoidalnie
noun
  • secansoida

Further reading
  • secans in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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