2. sĕcundo, āre, v. a. [secundus].
- * I. To direct favorably, to adjust, adapt, accommodate: tempus ei rei secundas, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 3 dub.
- II. To favor, further, second (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: faveo, adjuvo): jam liquidum nautis aura secundat iter, Prop. 3 (4), 21, 14: aura aquas, Ov. H. 13, 136.
Absol.: secundante vento, the wind being favorable, Tac. A. 2, 24: cum secundante vento celeriter advolare, Just. 26, 3, 4: di nostra incepta secundent, Verg. A. 7, 259: votum (deus), Sen. Herc. Fur. 645: cursum (Fortuna), Aus. Prof. 18, 9: eventus, Verg. G. 4, 397: rite secundarent visus, that they would prosper well the tokens, i. e. secure them a favorable issue, id. A. 3, 36; so, visa, Luc. 1, 635; Sil. 8, 125.