ēnūntiātio

sĕquor, sĕcūtus (also written sequutus; gen. plur. part. sync. sequentūm, Verg. G. 3, 111), 3, v. dep. ( act. collat. form sĕquo, acc. to Gell. 18, 9, 8 sq.; and Prisc. p. 799 P.) [Sanscr. sak-, to follow; sakis, friend; Gr. hepomai, hepô; cf. Lat. socius], to follow, to come or go after, to follow after, attend.

Lit.

In gen.

With acc.:

i, jam sequor te, mater,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 16:

neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 69 sq.:

qui ex urbe amicitiae causā Caesarem secuti, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 7, 50; Hor. S. 1, 6, 108:

ne sequerer moechas,

id. ib. 1, 4, 113:

vallem,

Liv. 32, 6, 5:

pars pressa sequuntur Signa pedum,

Ov. M. 8, 332:

vestigia alicujus,

id. ib. 4, 514; 9, 639; 10, 710 et saep.—

Absol. (so most freq. in Plaut.):

abi prae, jam ego sequar,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 69: Di. Sequere intro. Pa. Sequor, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 64; 5, 2, 90; id. Aul. 2, 5, 23 et saep.:

quisnam est, qui sequitur procul?

id. Poen. 3, 3, 6:

funus interim procedit: sequimur: ad sepulcrum venimus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 101:

curriculo sequi,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12:

Helvetii cum omnibus suis carris secuti,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24:

si nemo sequatur, tamen, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 40 fin.:

servi sequentes,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 78: hos falcati currus sequebantur, Curt. 4, 12, 6:

hos aliae gentes sequebantur,

id. 4, 12, 9.—

Of things:

magna multitudo carrorum sequi Gallos consuevit,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

neque Ulla (arbor) brevem dominum sequetur,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 24:

zonā bene te secutā,

id. ib. 3, 27, 59.—

In partic.

To follow in a hostile manner; to chase, pursue:

hostes sequitur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.:

hostem,

Ov. M. 13, 548:

fugacem,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:

feras,

Ov. M. 2, 498:

nudo genitas Pandione ferro,

id. ib. 6, 666; cf.:

hostem pilo,

Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.—Absol.:

finem sequendi facere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47; 7, 68 Oud. N. cr. —

To follow in time or order; to succeed, come after (esp. freq. in part. pres.): aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):

sequens annus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

sequente anno,

Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170:

secuto die,

id. 13, 22, 43, § 126:

secuta aetas,

id. 6, 23, 26, § 101:

sequenti senatu,

Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1:

secuturo Phoebo,

Luc. 2, 528:

sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romanā Caudinā pax,

Liv. 9, 1 et saep.:

ne secutis quidem diebus Claudius ullius humani affectūs signa dedit,

Tac. A. 11, 38:

Africanus sequens, i. e. minor,

Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211.—

With the notion of cause implied, to follow, result, ensue:

ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: increpuit;

sequitur clamor,

Verg. A. 9, 504:

tonitrum secuti nimbi,

Ov. M. 14, 542:

lacrimae sunt verba secutae,

id. ib. 9, 780:

nisi forte sic loqui paenitet, Quā tempestate Paris Helenam et quae sequuntur,

and so on, and so forth, Cic. Or. 49, 164; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; 3, 19, 44.—

Of a possession or inheritance, to follow, i. e. to fall to the share of any one:

ut belli praeda Romanos, ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequerentur,

Liv. 33, 13, 10:

ut victorem res sequeretur,

id. 28, 21, 5: si quis mortuos est Arpinatis, ejus heredem sacra non secuntur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—Abbreviated on monuments, H. M. H. N. S.:

heredem monumentum,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 13:

heredem possessio,

Plin. 9, 35, 60, § 124:

quo minus gloriam petebat, eo magis illum sequebatur,

Sall. C. 54 fin.; v. Fabri ad h. l.;

and cf.: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—

To go towards or to a place:

Formias nunc sequimur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:

Epirum, Cyzicum,

id. ib. 3, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

Italiam,

Verg. A. 4, 361; 4, 381; 5, 629:

Itala regna,

Ov. H. 7, 10; id. F. 6, 109; Val. Fl. 1, 3.—

Pregn., to follow the hand in plucking or pulling; to come off or away, come out; to come easily, come of itself:

herbae dum tenerae sunt vellendae: aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 47; cf.:

oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

Cic. Or. 16, 52; and:

nihil est tam tenerum neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio,

id. de Or. 3, 45, 176:

ipse (ramus) volens facilisque sequetur, Si te fata vocant,

Verg. A. 6, 146:

cum scrutantes, quae vellant, telum non sequitur,

Liv. 38, 21, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

jamque secuta manum nullo cogente sagitta Excidit,

Verg. A. 12, 423; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 113:

trahit ille manu sine custode lignum: Id quoque vix sequitur,

Ov. M. 12, 372; cf.: cera mollis sequensque digitos, yielding to, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 11.

Trop.

In gen., to follow, succeed, result, ensue (usu. of an immediate consequence;

consequor, usu. of one more remote): si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.,

Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: patrem sequuntur liberi, succeed to the rank or condition of their father, Liv. 4, 4 fin.:

quoniam hanc (Caesar) in re publicā viam, quae popularis habetur, secutus est,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9:

damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur,

to befall, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur,

should ensue, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:

dispares mores disparia studia sequuntur,

id. ib. 20, 74:

post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo,

id. Att. 4, 2, 2: post gloriam invidiam sequi. Sall. J. 55, 3:

an mediocre discrimen opinionis secuturum ex hac re putatis,

Liv. 5, 6, 7. —

In partic.

To follow (as a leader) an authority, a party, an example, a plan, etc.; to follow in the track of; to comply with, accede to, conform to: sequi naturam, optimam bene vivendi ducem, Cic. Lael. 5, 19; cf. id. ib. 12, 42:

sequamur potissimum Polybium nostrum,

id. Rep. 2, 14, 27:

eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales,

Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16; so,

sectam,

Cic. Fl. 41, 104; id. Sest. 45, 97; Liv. 8, 19, 10 al. (v. secta):

Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est... hunc post mortem secuti amici, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 12, 41:

amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi,

id. ib. 12, 43:

auctoritatem et consilium alicujus,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; so (with obtemperare voluntati) Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

sententiam Scipionis,

id. ib. 1, 2:

vos vestrumque factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta,

have followed, imitated, id. ib. 2, 32:

haec qui dicunt, quam rationem sequantur, vides,

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17:

novum quoddam et subagreste consilium,

id. Rep. 2, 7, 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 51:

Pompeio esse in animo, rei publicae non deesse, si senatus sequatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1 fin.:

arma victricia,

Verg. A. 3, 54.—Of an auditor, to follow an orator or a speech:

quos more prisco apud judicem fabulantes non auditores sequuntur, non populus audit,

Tac. Or. 23: non lingua valet, non corpore notae Sufficiunt vires, nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. attend or obey the will, Verg. A. 12, 912; cf.:

si modo verba sequantur,

Ov. M. 1, 647. —Esp. milit. t. t.: signa sequi, to march in rank, Sall. J. 80, 2; Curt. 3, 2, 13.—

To follow or pursue an end or object; to strive for, aim at, seek to attain:

eam (sc. utilitatem),

Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

justitiam,

id. Rep. 3, 11, 18:

otium ac tranquillitatem vitae,

id. Mur. 27, 55:

amoenitatem et salubritatem,

id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

matris commodum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:

lites,

id. And. 4, 5, 16; id. Ad. 2, 2, 40:

gratiam Caesaris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1:

linguam et nomen,

Liv. 31, 7:

mercedes,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 87:

quae nocuere (opp. fugere),

id. Ep. 1, 8, 11; cf.:

nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 72:

ferro extrema,

Verg. A. 6, 457:

fidem,

Vell. 2, 107, 2.—With inf.:

plurisque sequor disponere causas,

Lucr. 5, 529.—

In discourse, to follow in order or sequence; to come next in order, to succeed:

sequitur is (rex), qui, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:

sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.,

id. Fin. 3, 16, 55:

haec sint dicta de aëre. Sequitur terra, cui, etc.,

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154:

ac de primā quidem parte satis dictum est. Sequitur, ut doceam, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 80 sq. — With inf.:

sequitur videre de eo, quod, etc.,

Dig. 45, 1, 91, § 3; 41, 3, 4.—

In logical conclusions, to follow, ensue; with subject-clause:

nec si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico, esse causas immutabiles, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21.—With ut:

si haec enuntiatio vera non est, sequitur, ut falsa sit,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28; 5, 9; 10, 22; id. Fin. 2, 8, 24; 3, 7, 26:

sequitur igitur ut, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 18, 53; id. Par. 3, 1, 22:

sequitur ergo ut, etc.,

Curt. 7, 1, 40; Quint. 3, 8, 23; 3, 11, 17; 6, 5, 8 al.—

To follow or come naturally or easily; to be obtained without effort:

tantum hominis valuit exercitatio ut, cum se mente ac voluntate, conjecisset in versum, verba sequerentur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194 Sorof ad loc.:

non quaesitum esse numerum, sed secutum,

id. Or. 49, 165:

lingua tacet nec vox tentataque verba sequuntur,

Ov. M. 11, 326; 1, 647; Stat. Th. 11, 602:

verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,

Hor. A. P. 311:

sed non omnia nos ducentes e Graeco sequuntur,

Quint. 2, 14, 1:

laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur,

id. 10, 2, 27; 8, prooem. § 8;

8, 6, 24: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—Hence, sĕquens, entis, P. a., next, next following in order (cf.: proximus, posterior;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): prius illud... hoc sequens,

Quint. 5, 10, 42:

reliqua morborum genera sequenti dicemus volumine,

Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 143.—Esp., with designations of time:

sequenti tempore,

Nep. Thras. 4, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 52; Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 38: sequenti die, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 1; Suet. Ner. 15; Liv. 23, 36, 7:

sequente anno,

id. 3, 31, 2:

sequenti nocte,

Suet. Aug. 94; so also Curt. 4, 7, 10; Tac. A. 2, 53; Col. 4, 15, 3; 4, 21, 3; 4, 27, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189; 30, 8, 21, § 66; 17, 22. 35, § 178; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6; 5, 12, 1; 6, 31, 3:

Suilium mox sequens aetas vidit praepotentem,

the next generation, Tac. A. 4, 31 qui praesenti potentiā credunt exstingui [p. 1678] posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam, Tac. A. 4, 35.—As subst., used by some for epitheton, an epithet, acc. to Quintilian;

as, dentes albi, umida vina... o scelus abominandum, etc.,

Quint. 8, 6, 40.