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  • 1 sequo

    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.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    b.
    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.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    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. —
    2.
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    4.
    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.—
    5.
    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.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    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.—
    5.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sequo

  • 2 sequor

    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.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    b.
    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.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    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. —
    2.
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    4.
    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.—
    5.
    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.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    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.—
    5.
    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.

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  • 3 persequor

    per-sĕquor, cūtus and quūtus, 3, v. dep. a. and n. ( act. collat. form of the imperat. persece for perseque, Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 23 fin.).
    I. A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    ille servolum Jubet illum persequi,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 35; 4, 2, 30:

    si vis persequi vestigiis,

    id. Men. 4, 1, 9:

    certum est persequi,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 18:

    me in Asiam persequens,

    id. And. 5, 4, 32:

    (persequens dicit perseverationem sequentis ostendens. Persequitur enim qui non desinit sequi, Don. ad h. l.): aliquem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 91:

    exercitum,

    id. Phil. 3, 3, 7:

    cursim,

    Petr. 6:

    Hortensium ipsius vestigiis,

    Cic. Brut. 90, 307:

    quā, aut terrā aut mari, persequar eum, qui, etc.,

    id. Att. 7, 22, 2:

    vestigia alicujus,

    id. de Or. 1, 23, 105; Verg. A. 9, 218:

    hanc persecuta mater orare incipit,

    Phaedr. 1, 28, 5.—With inf. ( poet.):

    atqui non ego te tigris ut aspera... frangere persequor,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 10.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To follow after, press upon, chase, pursue:

    fugientes usque ad flumen persequuntur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 67:

    bello,

    id. ib. 1, 14:

    deterrere hostes a persequendo,

    Sall. J. 50, 6:

    feras,

    Ov. H. 9, 34:

    beluas,

    Curt. 8, 14, 26.—
    b.
    To go through a place in pursuit of any thing, to search through:

    omnes solitudines,

    Cic. Pis. 22, 53. —
    B.
    Transf., to follow up, come up with, overtake:

    quo ego te ne persequi quidem possem triginta diebus,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 3; id. Div. 2, 72, 149:

    mors et fugacem persequitur virum,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 14.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to follow perseveringly, to pursue any thing:

    omnes vias persequar,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 6:

    viam,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 4:

    eas artes,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    With the accessory notion of striving after, to pursue, hunt after, seek to obtain, strive after, = appetere, affectare:

    quis est, qui utilia non studiosissime persequatur?

    Cic. Off. 3, 28, 101:

    ego mihi alios deos penates persequar,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 7: Pl. Tene priusquam hinc abeo savium. Ph. Si quidem mi hercle regnum detur, numquam id potius persequar, id. Curc. 1, 3, 55:

    hereditates,

    Ter. And. 4, 5, 20:

    hereditates aut syngraphas,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 8, 18:

    cujusquemodi voluptates,

    id. Fin. 2, 7, 22: ego meum jus persequar, I will pursue or assert my right, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 9; Cic. Caecin. 3, 8:

    persequendi juris sui potestas,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21:

    bona tua repetere ac persequi lite atque judicio,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 13, § 32:

    possumus rem nostram persequi,

    id. Quint. 13, 45 fin.:

    cum tribunus plebis poenas a seditioso cive per bonos viros judicio persequi vellet,

    sought to obtain, id. Fam. 1, 9, 15.—
    (β).
    With inf., to hasten, be eager (rare):

    nec scimus quam in partem ingredi persequamur,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 4.—
    b.
    To follow, be a follower of; to imitate, copy after a person or thing as a guide or pattern:

    si vero Academiam veterem persequamur,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:

    sectam et instituta alicujus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183:

    ego neglectā barbarorum inscitiā te persequar,

    id. Fam. 9, 3, 2; id. Ac. 2, 23, 74:

    ut, quae maxime excellant in eo, quem imitabitur, ea diligentissime persequatur,

    id. de Or. 2, 22, 90.—
    c.
    To pursue, proceed against, prosecute; to revenge, avenge, take vengeance upon a person or thing:

    aliquem bello,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 1:

    aliquem judicio,

    Cic. Fl. 20, 47:

    alicujus injurias ulcisci ac persequi,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9; so,

    injuriam,

    id. Mur. 21, 44; Sall. J. 14, 23; cf. Kritz ad Sall. C. 9, 5:

    mortem alicujus,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 3, 2:

    de persequendis inimicitiis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 83 fin.:

    Trebonii mortem,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 18, 39; Caes. B. G. 7, 38; Liv. 40, 11 fin.:

    adulterium,

    Sen. Contr. 3, 20.—
    d.
    To persecute for religious belief or practice (eccl. Lat.), Tert. ad Scap. 5; Vulg. Johan. 15, 20; id. Act. 7, 52; id. Rom. 12, 14 et saep.—
    e.
    To follow in writing, to take down, minute down:

    celeritate scribendi, quae dicerentur persequi,

    Cic. Sull. 14, 42:

    multa diserte dixit, quae notarius persequi non potuit,

    Sen. Apoc. 9, 2.—
    f.
    To follow up with action, to follow out, perform, execute, bring about, do, accomplish, etc.:

    hoc, ut dico, factis persequar,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 11:

    erus quod imperavit persequi,

    id. Am. 2, 1, 40:

    imperium patris,

    id. Stich. 1, 2, 84 sq.:

    ex usu quod est, id persequar,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 10:

    mandata,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 3:

    si idem extrema persequitur qui inchoavit,

    id. Prov. Cons. 8, 19:

    vitam inopem et vagam,

    to lead, id. Phil. 12, 7, 15.— Absol.:

    sed tamen ibo et persequar,

    will go and obey, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 64. —
    (β).
    In partic., to follow out in speech or writing, to set forth, treat of, relate, recount, describe, explain, etc.:

    aliquid voce,

    Cic. Planc. 23, 56:

    dum rationes Persequor,

    set forth, treat of, discuss the reasons, Lucr. 5, 56:

    quae versibus persecutus est Ennius,

    Cic. Sen. 6, 16:

    philosophiam Latinis litteris,

    id. Ac. 1, 3, 12:

    aliquid scripturā,

    id. Fam. 15, 21, 4:

    obscenas voluptates,

    id. N. D. 1, 40, 111:

    res Hannibalis,

    id. Div. 1, 24, 49:

    has res in eo libro,

    id. Off. 2, 24, 87:

    quae persequerer, si commemorare possem sine dolore,

    id. Fam. 5, 13, 3: da te in sermonem et persece Et confice, etc., Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 23, 3.—
    * II.
    Neutr., to follow or come after:

    exacta vindemia gramine persecuto,

    when the grass has grown again, Pall. 3, 26, 5.
    ► In a pass.
    signif. (post-class.):

    illa se in mare praecipitavit, ne persequeretur,

    Hyg. Fab. 198 dub.—Hence, persĕquens, entis, P. a., used as subst. *
    A.
    A pursuer, practiser:

    flagitii,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 13.—
    * B.
    A revenger, avenger:

    inimicitiarum persequentissimus,

    Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29.

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  • 4 sequor

        sequor (P. praes. gen. plur. sequentūm, V.), secūtus (-quūtus), ī, dep.    [SEC-], to follow, come after, follow after, attend, accompany: I prae, sequor, T.: cum omnibus suis carris, Cs.: servi sequentes, H.: hos falcati currūs sequebantur, Cu.: me intro hac, T.: signa, to march, S.: Ne sequerer moechas, H.: vallem, L.: scrutantīs quā evellant telum non sequitur, i. e. cannot be drawn out, L.: trahit manu lignum; Id vix sequitur, O.: zonā bene te secutā, i. e. which you fortunately have worn, H.— To follow, succeed, come after, come next: sequitur hunc annum Caudina pax, L.: ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequuntur: tonitrum secuti nimbi, O.: quae sequuntur, and so forth: sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.— To go to, seek, be bound for, have for a destination: Formias nunc sequimur: loca, Cs.: Italiam, V.: Rura, O.— To follow, chase, pursue: finem sequendi, Cs.: facere: hanc pestem agmen sequebatur: hostīs, Cs.: (te) fugacem, H.: feras, O.— To follow, fall to the share of, belong to: ut urbes captae Aetolos sequerentur, L.: heredes monumentum ne sequeretur, H.: quo minus petebat gloriam, eo magis illa sequebatur, S.—Fig., to follow, succeed, result, ensue: si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.: patrem sequuntur liberi, take the rank of, L.: damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut, etc., to befall, Cs.: modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur, ensue: ex hac re, L.— To follow, take as guide, comply with, accede to, obey, imitate, adopt, conform to: sententiam Scipionis, Cs.: vos vestrum<*> que factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta, have imitated, Cs.: Crassi auctoritatem: quid? iudices non crimina, non testīs sequentur? shall be influenced by: naturam: victricia arma, V.: me auctorem: non lingua valet... nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. obey the will, V.— To follow, pursue, strive after, aim at, seek: iustitiam: amoenitatem: Caesaris gratiam, Cs.: linguam et nomen, L.: Mercedes, H.: ferro extrema, V.—Of an inference, to follow, be proved: ut sequatur vitam beatam virtute confici: hoc sequitur, ut familia Tulli concidi oportuerit?: non enim sequitur, ut, etc.— To follow naturally, come easily, be readily controlled, be obtained without effort: oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas: nihil est quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio: Verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur, H.
    * * *
    sequi, secutus sum V DEP
    follow; escort/attend/accompany; aim at/reach after/strive for/make for/seek; support/back/side with; obey, observe; pursue/chase; range/spread over; attain

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  • 5 per-sequor

        per-sequor cūtus or quūtus, ī, dep.,    to follow perseveringly, follow after, follow up, pursue: certum est persequi, T.: me in Asiam, T.: exercitum: Hortensium ipsius vestigiis: alcuius vestigia: te, V.: Hanc persecuta mater, Ph.—With infin: non ego te frangere persequor, H.—To press upon, hunt down, chase, pursue: fugientes usque ad flumen, Cs.: deterrere hostīs a persequendo, S.: feras, O.: beluas, Cu.—To follow up, come up with, overtake: te triginta diebus: Mors fugacem persequitur virum, H.—To search over, to search through: solitudines.—Fig., to follow perseveringly, pursue, follow up: viam, T.: eas artīs.—To pursue, hunt after, seek to obtain, strive after: utilia studiosissime: hereditates, T.: voluptates: meum ius, assert, T.: bona tua lite atque iudicio. —To follow, be a follower of, imitate, copy after: Academiam veterem: te.—To pursue, proceed against, prosecute, revenge, avenge, take vengeance upon: bello civitatem, Cs.: iniurias suas: de persequendis inimicitiis, Cs.—To follow up, follow out, perform, execute, prosecute, bring about, accomplish: ex usu quod est, id persequar, T.: si idem extrema persequitur qui incohavit: vitam inopem et vagam, lead: scelus, O.—To take down, note down, record: quae dicerentur.—To set forth, relate, recount, describe, explain: quae versibus persecutus est Ennius: has res in libro.

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  • 6 prō-sequor

        prō-sequor cūtus (quūtus), ī, dep.,    to follow, accompany, attend, follow after, escort: eum milites electi sunt prosecuti, Cs.: unum illum, N.: exsequias illius funeris, attend: lacrimis ad fores, O.: Aeneas Prosequitur lacrimans longe, V.—Of<*> things, to follow, pursue, accompany, attend: Prosequitur surgens a puppi ventus euntes, V.: naves mittere quae se prosequerentur, L.: Cattos saltus Hercynius prosequitur simul atque deponit, i. e. extends to the limits of their territory, Ta.: (amici) mortui vivunt; tantus eos honos prosequitur amicorum: oculis abeuntem prosequor udis, i. e. look after, O.—To chase, follow up, pursue, follow: neque longius prosequi potuerunt, Cs.: novissimos multa millia passuum, Cs.: speculatores, qui prosequerentur agmen, missi, L.—Of speech, to follow up, attack, assail, abuse: hominem verbis vehementioribus: contumeliosis vocibus, Cs.—Fig., to wait upon, attend, honor, distinguish: alquem honorificis verbis: gratissimis animis nomen adulescentis: laudibus virum, L.: tuam profectionem amore: cum donis legatos, L.—In discourse, to pursue, continue, follow up, go on: illius mortis opportunitatem benevolentiā: prosequitur pavitans, V.: pascua versu, describe at length, V.

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  • 7 consequor

    con-sĕquor, sĕcūtus (or sĕquūtus; v. sequor), 3, v. dep. a.
    I.
    To follow, follow up, press upon, go after, attend, accompany, pursue any person or thing (class. in prose and poetry); constr. with acc. or absol.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen. (rare).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    consecutus est me usque ad fores,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 93:

    me continuo,

    id. Am. 3, 1, 20:

    te tam strenue,

    id. Rud. 2, 6, 9:

    prope nos,

    id. ib. 4, 3, 11; cf.:

    litteras suas prope,

    Liv. 41, 10, 12:

    vocem gradu,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 21.—
    (β).
    Absol.: ita vos decet;

    Consequimini,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 22:

    hic se conjecit intro: ego consequor,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 36:

    ego rectā consequor,

    id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; Nep. Them. 7, 2:

    comitibus non consecutis,

    without attendants, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To follow after or pursue in a hostile manner:

    reliquas copias Helvetiorum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

    reliquos,

    id. ib. 1, 53:

    consequuntur equites nostri, ut erat praeceptum, Auct. B. G. 8, 27: consecutis strenue hostibus,

    Curt. 5, 4, 34:

    fugientem (Servium),

    Liv. 1, 48, 4.— Absol.:

    ita mihi videntur omnia, mare, terra, caelum consequi, ut, etc.,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 3 Fleck. Codd. (Ussing, concoqui).—
    b.
    To follow, come after, in time: hunc Cethegum consecutus est aetate Cato, Cic. Brut. 15, 61:

    Sallustium (Livius, etc.),

    Vell. 2, 36, 3:

    has tam prosperas res consecuta est subita mutatio,

    Nep. Dion, 6, 1; cf. id. Cim. 3, 2:

    si haec in eum annum qui consequitur redundarint,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 85; cf.:

    omnes anni consequentes,

    id. Sen. 6, 19:

    tempus,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 67:

    reliquis consecutis diebus,

    id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:

    ejusmodi tempora post tuam profectionem consecuta esse,

    id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 1; Auct. Her. 2, 5, 8: haec cum Crassus dixisset, silentium est consecutum. Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 160; cf. id. ib. 3, 2, 6; id. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

    hominem consequitur aliquando, numquam comitatur divinitas,

    i. e. after death, Curt. 8, 5, 16.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen. (rare):

    minas jam decem habet a me filia... Hasce ornamentis consequentur alterae,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 9:

    his diebus, quae praeterita erunt superiore mense, opera consequi oportet,

    to make up, Col. 11, 2, 90.—Far more freq.,
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To follow a model, copy, an authority, example, opinion, etc.; to imitate, adopt, obey, etc.:

    Chrysippum Diogenes consequens partum Jovis dejungit a fabulā,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 41:

    eum morem,

    id. Leg. 2, 7, 18:

    alicujus sententiam,

    Plaut. As. 2, 1, 13:

    necesse'st consilia consequi consimilia,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 35; so,

    sententias (principum),

    Cic. Cat. 3, 6, 13:

    suum quoddam institutum,

    id. Off. 1, 32, 116:

    exilitatem,

    id. Brut. 82, 284:

    mediam consilii viam,

    Liv. 24, 45, 7.—
    b.
    To follow a preceding cause as an effect, to ensue, result, to be the consequence, to arise or proceed from:

    rebus ab ipsis Consequitur sensus,

    Lucr. 1, 461; 3, 929; 4, 867; cf. id. 3, 477: ex quo fit ut pudorem rubor, terrorem pallor et tremor consequatur, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

    quam eorum opinionem magni errores consecuti sunt,

    id. ib. 1, 16, 36:

    quod dictum magna invidia consecuta est,

    Nep. Dion, 6, 4:

    ex quo illud naturā consequi, ut communem utilitatem nostrae anteponamus,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 64; Quint. 6, 3, 44; 2, 3, 2:

    quia libertatem pax consequebatur,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 13, 32.—
    (β).
    Of a logical sequence, to follow:

    si quod primum in conexo est, necessarium est, fit etiam quod consequitur necessarium,

    Cic. Fat. 7, 14; 5, 9; cf. under P. a.—
    II.
    Meton. (causa pro effectu), by following after any person or thing, to reach, overtake, come up with, attain to, arrive at.
    A.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    si statim navigas, nos Leucade consequere,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 1, 2:

    aliquem in itinere,

    id. Inv. 2, 4, 15; Pompeius ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, A, §

    3: fugientem,

    Liv. 1, 48, 4; Curt. 4, 9, 25; Dig. 42, 8, 10, § 16; cf. Verg. A. 11, 722:

    cohortes,

    Suet. Caes. 31:

    virum,

    Ov. M. 10, 672:

    rates,

    id. ib. 8, 143 et saep.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    si adcelerare volent, ad vesperam consequentur,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 6:

    prius quam alter, qui nec procul aberat, consequi posset,

    Liv. 1, 25, 10: Fabius equites praemittit, ut... agmen morarentur dum consequeretur ipse, Auct. B. G. 8, 28 init.:

    interim reliqui legati sunt consecuti,

    came up, Nep. Them. 7, 2.—
    B.
    Trop., to reach, overtake, obtain (cf. assequor).
    1.
    Ingen.
    a.
    With things as objects (so most freq.), to obtain, acquire, get, attain, reach:

    ut opes quam maximas consequantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 19, 64; cf.

    quaestum,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34:

    amplissimos honores,

    id. Planc. 5, 13:

    magistratum,

    id. ib. 25, 60:

    eam rem (i. e. regna),

    Caes. B. G. 2, 1:

    dum sua quisque spolia consequi studet,

    Curt. 4, 9, 19.—With ab:

    nec dubitat quin ego a te nutu hoc consequi possem,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5: ab aliquo suum consequi, Gai Inst. 2, 55; Dig. 15, 1, 9, § 1; Cic. Planc. 23, 55.—With ex:

    fructum amplissimum ex vestro judicio,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:

    gloriosam victoriam ex rei publicae causā,

    id. Cael. 7, 18:

    aliquid commodi ex laboriosā exercitatione corporis,

    id. Fin. 1, 10, 35; Quint. 7, 2, 42.—With per:

    omnia per senatum (corresp. with adsequi per populum),

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10; Quint. 3, 8, 34. —With abl.:

    ut omnem gloriam... omni curā atque industriā consequare,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 9; 1, 5, b, 2 fin.:

    suis erga aliquem meritis inpunitatem,

    id. Planc. 1, 3:

    tantam gloriam duabus victoriis,

    Nep. Them. 6, 3; id. Dat. 5, 2; id. Att. 19, 2; 21, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 8; 10, 1, 102; Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 68.—With in and abl.:

    si quid in dicendo consequi possum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:

    in hac pernicie rei publicae... gratiam,

    id. Off. 2, 22, 79:

    Achillis gloriam in rebus bellicis,

    Quint. 12, 11, 27; cf. Nep. Ages. 2, 5.—With ut or ne:

    hoc consequi, ut ne, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 4:

    nec legum repertores sine summā vi orandi consecutos, ut. etc.,

    Quint. 2, 16, 9; 5, 10, 125; 8, 3, 70; Vell. 2, 124, 4; Cels. 7, 26, 3; vix per matrem consecutus, ut, etc., Suet Tib. 12:

    per quae si consequi potuimus, ut, etc.,

    Cels. 3, 19:

    sicut hic Cicero consequitur, ne, etc.,

    Quint. 9, 2, 62.— Absol.: quibus ex rebus largiter erat consecutus, made great profit, Auct. B. Afr. 62; cf.:

    non quod minore numero militum consequi difficile factu putaret, sed ut, etc., Auct. B. Alex. 30, 3: non est turpe non consequi, dummodo sequaris,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 4.—With inf. as object:

    vere enim illud dicitur, perverse dicere homines perverse dicendo facillime consequi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150.—
    b.
    Sometimes with a personal object, and with a thing as subject (cf. capio, II.), to reach, come to, overtake:

    matrem ipsam ex aegritudine hac miseram mors consecuta'st,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 23:

    tanta prosperitas Caesarem est consecuta. ut, etc.,

    Nep. Att. 19, 3; Quint. 7, 4, 19:

    si aliqua nos incommoda ex iis materiis consequentur,

    id. 2, 10, 14; cf. I. B. 2, b. supra.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To become like or equal to a person or thing in any property or quality, to attain, come up to, to equal (cf. adsequor):

    aliquem majorem,

    Cic. Brut. 64, 228:

    nullam partem tuorum meritorum,

    id. Fam. 1, 8, 6; cf.:

    ad consequendos, quos priores ducimus, accendimur,

    Vell. 1, 17, 7:

    verborum prope numerum sententiarum numero,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56; Col. 11, 2, 90.—
    b.
    To reach with the sight, to distinguish (rare): animalia [p. 430] minuta, quae non possunt oculi consequi, Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 2.—
    c.
    To attain to something intellectually or by speech, to understand, perceive, learn, know:

    similitudinem veri,

    Cic. Univ. 3 init.:

    plura,

    Nep. Alcib. 2, 1: quantum conjecturā, Caes. ap. Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10 (12), 4:

    omnis illorum conatus investigare et consequi,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48; id. Fam. 1, 8, 6: omnia alicujus facta aut memoriā consequi aut oratione complecti. id. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57:

    tantam causam diligentiā consequi et memoriā complecti,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39.—
    d.
    Of speech or lang., to attain, be equal to, impress fully, do justice to, etc.:

    vestram magnitudinem multitudinemque beneficiorum,

    Cic. Red. Quir. 2, 5:

    laudes ejus verbis,

    id. Phil. 5, 13, 35, cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 270, 21: omnia verbis, Ov M. 15 419; cf. Cic. Dom. 50, 129.—Hence, consĕquens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
    A.
    According to reason, correspondent, suitable, fit:

    in conjunctis verbis quod non est consequens vituperandum est,

    Cic. Part. Or. 6, 18; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 5; 5, 10, 75.—Hence,
    2.
    Consequens est = consentaneum est, it is in accordance with reason, fit, suitable, etc.; with ut or acc. and inf.:

    consequens esse videtur, ut scribas, etc.,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 15:

    consequens est, eos invitos non potuisse retineri,

    Quint. 5, 10, 77; so,

    dicere,

    Gell. 1, 4, 7; Dig. 43, 23, 15 fin. —
    B.
    That follows logically, consequent; with dat.:

    assentior, eorum quae posuisti alterum alteri consequens esse,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 8, 21; cf. id. ib. 5, 7, 18.— Comp.:

    quid consequentius, quam ut, etc.,

    Aug. Trin. 15, 19 fin. — Sup. apparently not in use.—Hence, subst.: consĕ-quens, entis, n., a consequence:

    teneamus illud necesse est, cum consequens aliquod falsum sit, illud, cujus id consequens sit, non posse esse verum,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 68:

    consequentibus vestris sublatis, prima tolluntur,

    id. ib. 4, 19, 55; id. de Or. 2, 53, 215; id. Top. 12, 53; Quint. 5, 10, 2; 6, 3, 66.— Hence, consĕquenter, adv. (post-class.).
    1.
    In an accordant, suitable manner, suitably, conformably; with dat.:

    prioribus dicere,

    Dig. 35, 2, 11; so ib. 10, 2, 18; App. M. 11, p. 257.— Absol., Hier. Ep. 22, n. 13.—
    2.
    In consequence, consequently, App. M. 10 init. — Comp. and sup. not in use.
    ► Pass.: quae vix ab hominibus consequi possunt anuesthai, Orbilius ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.

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  • 8 exsequi

    ex-sĕquor or exĕquor, cūtus, 3, v. dep. a., to follow to the end, to pursue, follow.
    I.
    In partic., to follow or accompany to the grave (cf. the deriv. exsequiae): funus, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 10, 16, 25: aliquem omni laude et laetitia, Cic. poëta in Tusc. 1, 48, 115 (a transl. of ekpempein, in Eurip.).
    II.
    Trop. (class.; most freq. in the special significations).
    A.
    In gen., to follow, follow after, accompany; to go after, to pursue:

    quae exanimata exsequitur aspectum tuum,

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 3: quid petam praesidi aut exsequar? Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 112 ed. Vahl.):

    non igitur dubium, quin aeternitatem maluerit exsequi, etc.,

    to follow after, take pattern after, Cic. Univ. 2 fin.:

    cur non omnes fatum illius (Pompei) una exsecuti sumus?

    followed, pursued, subjected ourselves to, id. Att. 9, 12, 1; cf. id. Phil. 2, 22, 54:

    sectam meam exsecutae comites,

    joined, Cat. 63, 15:

    suam quisque spem, sua consilia, communibus deploratis, exsequentes,

    Liv. 5, 40, 5: aerumnam, qs. to pursue, i. e. to undergo, suffer, endure, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 1:

    egestatem,

    id. Trin. 3, 2, 60:

    mortem,

    id. Ps. 4, 2, 38:

    probrum,

    id. Truc. 2, 5, 8.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To follow up, prosecute, carry out; to perform, execute, accomplish, fulfil (syn.:

    conficio, perficio, perago, consummo, patro, perpetro, absolvo): nullam rem oportet dolose aggrediri, nisi Astute accurateque exsequare,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 10; cf.:

    est difficile id non exsequi usque ad extremum,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 5:

    inceptum hoc itiner perficere exsequar,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 72 and 88:

    incepta,

    Liv. 30, 4, 10:

    imperium,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 22:

    mandata vestra,

    Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 9:

    omnia regis officia et munera,

    id. de Sen. 10, 34; cf.:

    munus officii (with tueri),

    id. ib. 20, 72:

    munus (with fungi),

    id. Tusc. 3, 7, 15:

    negotia,

    id. Off. 1, 23, 79:

    obsidiones,

    Tac. A. 15, 4:

    scelus,

    Curt. 8, 6:

    sermonem cum aliquo,

    to converse, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 5: cum civitas armis jus suum exsequi conaretur, to assert, maintain, * Caes. B. G. 1, 4, 3:

    comptam et mitem orationem,

    Cic. de Sen. 9, 28.—With a rel.-clause:

    quem locum ipse capturus esset, cogitando aut quaerendo exsequebatur,

    Liv. 35, 28, 4:

    summa omnia cum cura inquirendo exequebatur,

    id. 22. 3, 2.—With ut:

    mihi Exsequi certa res est, ut abeam Potius hinc ad forum, quam domi cubem,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 17.—
    2.
    To go through with in speaking, to relate, describe, say, tell (freq. since the Aug. period):

    quae vix verbis exsequi possum,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 6:

    quidam exsecuti sunt verbosius,

    Quint. 5, 12, 15: si omnia exsequi velim, Liv. 27, 27, 12:

    haec omnia copiosius,

    Quint. 9, 3, 89:

    quae diligentius,

    id. 10, 4, 6:

    quae divine in Oratore (Tullius),

    id. 1, 6, 18:

    caelestia dona aërii mellis,

    Verg. G. 4, 2; cf.:

    laudes brassicae,

    Plin. 20, 9, 33, § 78:

    numerum subtiliter,

    Liv. 3, 5, 13:

    sententias,

    Tac. A. 3, 65:

    vetera facunde,

    id. ib. 12, 58:

    vera,

    id. ib. 11, 21:

    imagines et elogia universi generis,

    Suet. Galb. 3 et saep.—
    3.
    To pursue with punishment, to punish, avenge (perh. not ante-Aug.):

    omnia scire, non omnia exsequi,

    Tac. Agr. 19:

    deorum hominumque violata jura,

    Liv. 3, 25, 8:

    injurias accusationibus,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 5:

    delicta,

    Suet. Caes. 67:

    doloris exsequendi jus,

    Liv. 5, 11, 5:

    justum dolorem,

    Dig. 29, 5, 33.— Absol.: pater caedetur? defendam: caesus est? exsequar, Sen. de Ira, 1, 12; Dig. 34, 9, 22.—Once with a pers. object:

    me L. Tarquinium Superbum cum scelerata coniuge, etc., ferro, igni exsecuturum,

    to pursue, Liv. 1, 59, 1 (MSS.; Weissenb. et al. exacturum).—Hence, exsĕ-quens ( exeq-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.), searching after, studious of:

    memoriarum veterum exsequentissimus,

    Gell. 10, 12, 9.
    ► exsequi as pass.: quaerebatur an prioris judicis sententia exsequi possit, could be carried out (cf. II. B. supra), Dig. 2, 1, 19.—Hence, exsĕcūtus ( exec-), a, um, in pass. signif.:

    exsecuto regis imperio,

    executed, Just. 7, 3, 2.

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  • 9 exsequor

    ex-sĕquor or exĕquor, cūtus, 3, v. dep. a., to follow to the end, to pursue, follow.
    I.
    In partic., to follow or accompany to the grave (cf. the deriv. exsequiae): funus, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 10, 16, 25: aliquem omni laude et laetitia, Cic. poëta in Tusc. 1, 48, 115 (a transl. of ekpempein, in Eurip.).
    II.
    Trop. (class.; most freq. in the special significations).
    A.
    In gen., to follow, follow after, accompany; to go after, to pursue:

    quae exanimata exsequitur aspectum tuum,

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 3: quid petam praesidi aut exsequar? Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 112 ed. Vahl.):

    non igitur dubium, quin aeternitatem maluerit exsequi, etc.,

    to follow after, take pattern after, Cic. Univ. 2 fin.:

    cur non omnes fatum illius (Pompei) una exsecuti sumus?

    followed, pursued, subjected ourselves to, id. Att. 9, 12, 1; cf. id. Phil. 2, 22, 54:

    sectam meam exsecutae comites,

    joined, Cat. 63, 15:

    suam quisque spem, sua consilia, communibus deploratis, exsequentes,

    Liv. 5, 40, 5: aerumnam, qs. to pursue, i. e. to undergo, suffer, endure, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 1:

    egestatem,

    id. Trin. 3, 2, 60:

    mortem,

    id. Ps. 4, 2, 38:

    probrum,

    id. Truc. 2, 5, 8.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To follow up, prosecute, carry out; to perform, execute, accomplish, fulfil (syn.:

    conficio, perficio, perago, consummo, patro, perpetro, absolvo): nullam rem oportet dolose aggrediri, nisi Astute accurateque exsequare,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 10; cf.:

    est difficile id non exsequi usque ad extremum,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 5:

    inceptum hoc itiner perficere exsequar,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 72 and 88:

    incepta,

    Liv. 30, 4, 10:

    imperium,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 22:

    mandata vestra,

    Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 9:

    omnia regis officia et munera,

    id. de Sen. 10, 34; cf.:

    munus officii (with tueri),

    id. ib. 20, 72:

    munus (with fungi),

    id. Tusc. 3, 7, 15:

    negotia,

    id. Off. 1, 23, 79:

    obsidiones,

    Tac. A. 15, 4:

    scelus,

    Curt. 8, 6:

    sermonem cum aliquo,

    to converse, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 5: cum civitas armis jus suum exsequi conaretur, to assert, maintain, * Caes. B. G. 1, 4, 3:

    comptam et mitem orationem,

    Cic. de Sen. 9, 28.—With a rel.-clause:

    quem locum ipse capturus esset, cogitando aut quaerendo exsequebatur,

    Liv. 35, 28, 4:

    summa omnia cum cura inquirendo exequebatur,

    id. 22. 3, 2.—With ut:

    mihi Exsequi certa res est, ut abeam Potius hinc ad forum, quam domi cubem,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 17.—
    2.
    To go through with in speaking, to relate, describe, say, tell (freq. since the Aug. period):

    quae vix verbis exsequi possum,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 6:

    quidam exsecuti sunt verbosius,

    Quint. 5, 12, 15: si omnia exsequi velim, Liv. 27, 27, 12:

    haec omnia copiosius,

    Quint. 9, 3, 89:

    quae diligentius,

    id. 10, 4, 6:

    quae divine in Oratore (Tullius),

    id. 1, 6, 18:

    caelestia dona aërii mellis,

    Verg. G. 4, 2; cf.:

    laudes brassicae,

    Plin. 20, 9, 33, § 78:

    numerum subtiliter,

    Liv. 3, 5, 13:

    sententias,

    Tac. A. 3, 65:

    vetera facunde,

    id. ib. 12, 58:

    vera,

    id. ib. 11, 21:

    imagines et elogia universi generis,

    Suet. Galb. 3 et saep.—
    3.
    To pursue with punishment, to punish, avenge (perh. not ante-Aug.):

    omnia scire, non omnia exsequi,

    Tac. Agr. 19:

    deorum hominumque violata jura,

    Liv. 3, 25, 8:

    injurias accusationibus,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 5:

    delicta,

    Suet. Caes. 67:

    doloris exsequendi jus,

    Liv. 5, 11, 5:

    justum dolorem,

    Dig. 29, 5, 33.— Absol.: pater caedetur? defendam: caesus est? exsequar, Sen. de Ira, 1, 12; Dig. 34, 9, 22.—Once with a pers. object:

    me L. Tarquinium Superbum cum scelerata coniuge, etc., ferro, igni exsecuturum,

    to pursue, Liv. 1, 59, 1 (MSS.; Weissenb. et al. exacturum).—Hence, exsĕ-quens ( exeq-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.), searching after, studious of:

    memoriarum veterum exsequentissimus,

    Gell. 10, 12, 9.
    ► exsequi as pass.: quaerebatur an prioris judicis sententia exsequi possit, could be carried out (cf. II. B. supra), Dig. 2, 1, 19.—Hence, exsĕcūtus ( exec-), a, um, in pass. signif.:

    exsecuto regis imperio,

    executed, Just. 7, 3, 2.

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  • 10 succedo

    suc-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n. and a. ⊂.
    I.
    To go below or under (so mostly poet.; syn. subeo).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen., to enter, go under, come under:

    simul ac primum nubes succedere soli Coepere,

    to go under the sun, Lucr. 5, 286; cf. id. 6, 402:

    tectum, cui imbris vitandi causā succederet,

    Cic. Dom. 44, 116:

    maestae Succedunt ramis volucres,

    Val. Fl. 6, 505:

    succedere tectis,

    Ov. M. 2, 766; so,

    tectis,

    id. ib. 8, 549; Verg. A. 1, 627:

    rex jussae succedit aquae,

    Ov. M. 11, 142:

    tecto et umbrae,

    Verg. G. 3, 418:

    antro,

    id. E. 5, 6 and 19:

    tumulo sineret succedere terrae,

    i. e. to be buried, id. A. 11, 103; cf.:

    serpens imo Successit tumulo,

    id. ib. 5, 93.—
    2.
    In partic., to go from under; to go up, mount, ascend:

    alto caelo,

    to mount, ascend, Verg. G. 4, 227:

    in arduum,

    Liv. 5, 43; cf.:

    hoc itinere est fons, quo mare succedit longius,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 24:

    muros,

    Liv. 27, 18, 13; 31, 45, 5; Tac. A. 2, 20; Sil. 10, 597:

    tumulum,

    Liv. 22, 28 et saep. — Absol.:

    erigi scalas jussit ac promptissimum quemque succedere,

    Tac. A. 2, 81.— Poet.:

    in montem succedere silvas Cogebant,

    to retreat to the mountains, Lucr. 5, 1370.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To come under, submit to any thing:

    omnes sententiae verbaque omnia... sub acumen stili subeant et succedant necesse est,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 151:

    externae dominationi, quam in suis timuerunt, sponte succedunt,

    Just. 8, 2, 2:

    succedoque oneri,

    take up, Verg. A. 2, 723:

    nec qui succederet operi inventus est,

    undertake, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 92.—
    2.
    To go up, mount, ascend:

    a pedibusque minutatim succedere frigus Non dubitabat,

    Lucr. 6, 1191:

    ad summum honorem,

    id. 5, 1122:

    ille ad superos Succedet famā,

    Verg. A. 12, 235:

    aurum in summum successit honorem,

    Lucr. 5, 1275.—
    II.
    To approach, draw near (class. and freq.).
    A.
    Milit. t. t., to march on, advance, march up to, approach (class. and freq.; cf.: invado, progredior): [p. 1787] sub primam nostram aciem successerunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 24:

    sub montem,

    id. B. C. 1, 45: supra hostium munitionem, Sisenn. ap. Non. 91, 23:

    ad castra hostium infestis signis,

    Liv. 7, 37:

    ad stationes hostium,

    id. 30, 8:

    ad hostium latebras,

    id. 10, 14:

    ad urbem,

    id. 26, 44:

    ad moenia,

    id. 44, 31:

    sub ipsum vallum,

    id. 31, 36, 5:

    ad portūs claustra,

    Curt. 4, 5, 19:

    celeriter ad molem,

    id. 4, 3, 2:

    moenibus,

    Liv. 10, 34; 24, 19:

    munimentis,

    id. 9, 14:

    munitionibus, Auct. B. Alex. 30, 4: portas succedunt,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 6:

    murum,

    Liv. 38, 9.— Absol.:

    classis paulatim successit,

    Tac. A. 3, 1.— Impers. pass.:

    ubicumque iniquo successum est loco,

    Liv. 9, 31.—
    B. 1.
    Lit.:

    ut integri et recentes defatigatis succederent,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 7, 41; id. B. C. 3, 94; cf. Liv. 9, 32; Ov. M. 13, 134:

    in stationem,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

    in pugnam,

    Liv. 9, 27;

    for which, proelio,

    id. 6, 4:

    in paternas opes,

    id. 21, 3:

    in Pompeii locum heres,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62; cf.:

    Sequani principatum dimiserant. In eorum locum Remi successerant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 12:

    ego in ejus quem occidissem succederem locum,

    Liv. 40, 12, 13:

    succedam ego vicarius tuo muneri,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81; 2, 3, 51, § 120; id. Fam. 3, 3, 1; cf. id. Fl. 14, 33; 21, 49:

    qui regno successit,

    Plin. 36, 27, 70, § 204:

    post ejus mortem frater regno successit,

    Just. 17, 3, 6:

    in hujus locum filia regno successit,

    id. 2, 4, 17;

    but: in regnum,

    id. 7, 2, 2:

    huic Mithridates filius succedit,

    id. 42, 2, 3:

    ad alteram partem succedunt Ubii,

    follow, come next, Caes. B. G. 4, 3.—Of things:

    aspicit in teretes lignum succedere suras,

    Ov. M. 11, 80. — Impers. pass.:

    non solum, quod tibi succederetur, sed quod Gabinio non succederetur,

    Cic. Pis. 36, 88:

    te antea, quam tibi successum esset, decessurum fuisse,

    id. Fam. 3, 6, 2.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    To come or enter into a relation:

    in affinitatis jura,

    Just. 7, 3, 9.—
    b. (α).
    In time:

    successit ipse magnis (oratoribus),

    Cic. Or. 30, 105:

    horum aetati successit Isocrates,

    id. ib. 13, 40; cf.:

    nihil semper floret: aetas succedit aetati,

    id. Phil. 11, 15, 39:

    tertia post illas successit aënea proles,

    Ov. M. 1, 125:

    quorum priores duae probationi succedunt,

    Quint. 3, 9, 1:

    in Italiā violis succedit rosa,

    Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 68: etenim ei succedo orationi, quae, etc., I succeed, I speak after an oration, which, etc., Cic. Balb. 1, 4:

    consules, quo majori gloriae rerum gestarum succedere se cernebant,

    Liv. 4, 11, 2:

    rex... succedens tantae caritati Hieronis,

    id. 24, 5, 1:

    ut bono succedenti regi difficilis aemulatio esset,

    id. 1, 48, 8.—
    (β).
    To follow, take the place of, succeed in value: cujus (purpurae) libra denariis centum venibat... huic successit dibapha Tyria, quae in libras denariis mille non poterat emi, Nep. ap. Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 137:

    in vicem ejus (graminis) succedit decoctum,

    Plin. 24, 19, 118, § 179:

    non numero tantum amissorum civium, sed et dignitati,

    Just. 3, 5, 7:

    filii magnitudini patris successerunt,

    id. 19, 1, 2.— Pass. impers.:

    male gestis rebus alterius successum est,

    Liv. 9, 18, 15.—
    c.
    Hence, to follow the nature or rule of any thing, to belong to a class or category (rare):

    succedere hanc quoque comparativo generi,

    Quint. 3, 10, 4:

    quae omnia succedunt legitimis quaestionibus,

    id. 3, 6, 71.—
    d.
    Pregn.: res (alicui) succedit, or simply succedit, goes on well, is successful, prospers, succeeds (cf. evenit):

    lepide hoc succedit sub manus negotium,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 59:

    negotium (ei) sub manus,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 7; id. Pers. 4, 1, 2:

    quando hoc bene successit,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 23:

    parum succedit, quod ago,

    id. And. 4, 1, 54:

    pleraque non succedunt,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 16:

    quod res nulla successerat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

    inceptum non succedebat,

    Liv. 42, 58:

    nihil conceptae temere spei succedebat,

    id. 33, 5, 3:

    voti Phoebus succedere partem Mente dedit,

    Verg. A. 11, 794:

    si prospere prima successerint,

    Just. 9, 3, 7.— Absol.:

    hac non successit: aliā ingrediemur viā,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 45:

    si quando minus succedet,

    Cic. Or. 28, 98:

    si ex sententiā successerit,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 1: si proinde, ut ipse mereor, mihi successerit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 4:

    si successisset coeptis,

    Liv. 25, 37:

    inceptis,

    id. 24, 19:

    fraudi,

    id. 38, 25:

    facinori eorum,

    id. 40, 11 et saep.:

    successurumque Minervae Indoluit,

    Ov. M. 2, 788.— Pass.: cum omnia meā causā velles mihi successa, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 2.— Impers.:

    nolle successum non patribus,

    Liv. 2, 45, 5:

    ubicumque iniquo successum erat loco,

    id. 9, 31, 13 Weissenb. ad loc.

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  • 11 cōn-sequor

        cōn-sequor secūtus (sequūtus), ī, dep.,    to follow, follow up, press upon, go after, attend, accompany, pursue. litteras suas prope, L.: se coniecit intro, ego consequor, T.: hos vestigiis.—To follow, pursue (as a foe): copias, Cs.: (alitem) pennis, O.: face iactatā Consequitur ignibus ignes, makes a circle of fire (to the eye), O.—In time, to follow, come after: Cethegum aetate: has res consecuta est mutatio, N.: eius modi sunt tempestates consecutae, uti, etc., Cs.: reliquis consecutis diebus: silentium est consecutum. — To overtake, reach, come up with, attain to, arrive at: hunc fugientem: columbam, V.: rates, O.: ad vesperam consequentur: reliqui legati sunt consecuti, came up, N.: (telum) Consequitur quocumque petit, hits, O.—Fig., to follow, copy, imitate, adopt, obey: Chrysippum Diogenes consequens: Necessest consilia consequi consimilia, T.: mediam consili viam, L. — To follow, ensue, result, be the consequence, arise from: ex quo caedes esset vestrum consecuta: dictum invidia consecuta est, N.: quia libertatem pax consequebatur: illud naturā consequi, ut, etc. — To reach, overtake, obtain, acquire, get, attain: opes quam maximas: honores: eam rem, Cs.: fructum amplissimum ex vestro iudicio: omnia per senatum: suis meritis inpunitatem: gloriam victoriis, N.: in hac pernicie rei p. gratiam: multum in eo se consequi dicebat, quod, etc., that it was a great advantage to him, N.: perverse dicere perverse dicendo, acquire bad habits of speaking.—To reach, come to, overtake, strike: matrem mors consecutast, T.: tanta prosperitas Caesarem est consecuta, ut, N.—To become like, attain, come up to, equal: aliquem maiorem. — To attain to, understand, perceive, learn, know: plura, N.: omnīs illorum conatūs: facta memoriā: tantam causam diligentiā: quid copiarum haberes.—Of speech, to attain, be equal to, do justice to: laudes eius verbis: omnia verbis.

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  • 12 ex-sequor or exequor

        ex-sequor or exequor cūtus, ī, dep.,     to follow to the grave: Hunc omni laude, C. poët.— Fig., to follow, follow after, accompany, go after, pursue: cladem illam fugamque: fatum illius, i. e. share: suam quisque spem, L.: sectam meam, Ct.—To follow up, prosecute, carry out, enforce, perform, execute, accomplish, fulfil: alqd primum, T.: mandata regis officia: incepta, L.: Iussa divōm, V.: armis ius suum, Cs.: mitem orationem: mortem, i. e. kill oneself, Ta.—To follow up, investigate, examine: veram rationem, T.: summā omnia cum curā inquirendo, L.: quem locum ipse capturus esset, L.—To go through, relate, describe, say, tell: quae vix verbis exsequi possum: omnia, L.: dona mellis, V.—To follow up, punish, avenge: omnia scire, non omnia exsequi, Ta.: deorum violata iura, L.: Tarquinium ferro, L.

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  • 13 īn-sequor

        īn-sequor cūtus (quūtus), ī, dep.,    to follow, follow after, come next: huic, V.: Orphea, H.: fugientem lumine pinum, keep in view, O.—In time, to follow, succeed: hunc proximo saeculo: mea quem aetas Insequitur, approaches, V.—To pursue, follow up, press upon: in abditas regiones sese, S.: cedentes, Cs.: ad hostem insequendum, L.: Reliquias Troiae cineres, V.: illum gladio: iacto semine arva, traverse, V.: ora manibus, keeps striking, O.—Fig., to follow up: improborum facta suspicio insequitur.—To strive after, endeavor: te rhetoricis libris, ut erudiam.—To proceed, go on: pergam atque insequar longius: hunc, prosecute, H.: lentum convellere vimen Insequor, V.—To overtake: at mors insecuta est Gracchum.—Of speech, to pursue, censure, reproach: accusatorem: turpitudinem vitae.—In order, to follow, come next: nisi vocalis insequebatur.

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  • 14 prosequor

    prō-sĕquor, cūtus (quūtus), 3, v. dep. a., to follow (in a friendly or hostile manner), to accompany, attend; to follow after, pursue (class.; cf.: comitor, stipo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    novum maritum volo rus prosequi,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 2, 3:

    eum milites electi circiter CXX. sunt prosecuti,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 91:

    Dianam ture odoribusque incensis prosecutae sunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77; id. Att. 6, 3, 6:

    unum omnes illum prosequebantur,

    Nep. Alc. 6, 3:

    aliquem in domum,

    Gell. 18, 1, 16:

    exsequias,

    to attend a funeral, Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 14; so,

    defunctum in conditorium,

    Petr. 111; cf.:

    Bassus noster videtur mihi prosequi se,

    to attend his own funeral, Sen. Ep. 30, 5:

    lacrimis ad saevas prosequor usque fores,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 62; Cic. Planc. 10, 26:

    Aeneas Prosequitur lacrimans longe,

    Verg. A. 6, 476; 12, 72.—In a hostile sense, to follow after, pursue:

    fugientes prosequi,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 41:

    hostem,

    id. ib. 2, 8:

    novissimos multa millia passuum prosecuti,

    id. B. G. 2, 11; 5, 9:

    iste iratus hominem verbis vehementioribus prosequitur,

    i. e. assailed, attacked, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 73:

    aliquem contumeliosis vocibus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 69:

    speculatores, qui prosequerentur agmen, missi,

    Liv. 27, 15; 30, 29:

    armati qui eos prosequebantur,

    Curt. 3, 13, 9:

    aliquem lapidibus,

    Petr. 90.—Of animals:

    eādem cane anxie prosequente,

    Just. 1, 4, 11; Sil. 4, 615.—With abl., of following with the eyes:

    oculis abeuntem prosequor udis,

    Ov. H. 12, 55; 5, 55:

    aliquos visu,

    Stat. Th. 5, 483.—
    B.
    Transf., of inanim. and abstr. subjects, to follow, pursue; to accompany, attend:

    prosequitur surgens a puppi ventus euntes,

    Verg. A. 3, 130:

    naves mitterent quae se prosequerentur,

    Liv. 30, 25; cf.

    exercitus,

    id. 7, 33; Curt. 3, 3, 24:

    datae duae triremes ad prosequendum,

    Tac. H. 2, 9:

    Cattos suos saltus Hercynius prosequitur simul atque deponit,

    goes as far as their territory extends, and then ceases, id. G. 30:

    eadem (existimatio Quintum) usque ad rogum prosequatur,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 99; cf.:

    (amici) mortui vivunt: tantus eos honos prosequitur amicorum,

    id. Lael. 7, 23.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To honor, adorn, or present one with a thing, to bestow any thing upon one; constr. with abl., rarely with cum and abl.:

    benevolentiā, aut misericordiā prosequi aliquem,

    Cic. Brut. 1, 4:

    aliquem honorificis verbis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:

    virtutem alicujus gratā memoriā,

    id. Phil. 14, 11, 30:

    nomen alicujus grato animo,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 3:

    memoriam cujuspiam clamore et plausu,

    id. ib. 10, 4, 8:

    aliquem laudibus,

    Liv. 9, 8:

    aliquem beneficiis ac liberalitate,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 94:

    cum me in illo tristi et acerbo luctu atque discessu non lacrimis solum tuis, sed animo, corpore, copiis prosecutus esses,

    id. Planc. 30, 73; cf.:

    reliquum est ut tuam profectionem amore prosequar, reditum spe exspectem,

    id. Fam. 15, 21, 5:

    delictum veniā,

    Tac. A. 13, 35:

    Maximum libenter apud te testimonio prosequar,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 85 (17):

    prosecuti cum donis legatos sunt,

    Liv. 39, 55, 4:

    decedentem domum cum favore ac laudibus prosecuti sunt,

    id. 2, 31, 11:

    Senatus gratias egit Caesari, quod et ipse cum summo honore mentionem ejus prosecutus esset,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 5; cf.:

    aliquem uberrimo congiario,

    Suet. Caes. 27:

    milites,

    id. Aug. 49.—
    B.
    To pursue, continue, follow up, to go on or proceed with an idea or theme:

    si (rem) non ad extremum, sed usque eo, quo opus erit, prosequemur,

    Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14:

    non prosequar longius,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83:

    illius vero mortis opportunitatem benevolentiā prosequamur,

    id. Brut. 1, 4:

    pascua versu,

    to describe at length, Verg. G. 3, 340:

    stilo munificentiae rationem,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 8:

    ut latius, quae cujusque adfectus natura sit, prosequamur,

    Quint. 5, 8, 2; 2, 6, 1: uno libello carissimam mihi memoriam prosequi, Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 3: ex ordine domesticos motus, to pursue, go through with, describe in order, Flor 3, 12, 14:

    similitudinem,

    to follow up, Sen. Ep. 13, 3.— Absol., to proceed with one's speaking ( poet.):

    prosequitur pavitans, et ficto pectore fatur,

    Verg. A. 2, 107.

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  • 15 sub-sequor

        sub-sequor cūtus, ī,    to follow after, follow up, succeed, ensue: omnibus copiis, Cu.: iussis subsequi peditibus, L.: subsequiturque manus, O.: has (cohortes), Cs.: ancillam, O.: senem, O.—In time or order, to come after, follow, succeed: minorem Septentrionem Cepheus a tergo subsequitur: si ducis consilia favor subsecutus militum foret, L.: Proxima subsequitur, quid agas, audire voluptas, O.—Fig., to follow after, follow, adhere to, comply with, conform to, imitate: Platonem avunculum: tribuni inclinatam rem in preces subsecuti, i. e. seconding the prayers of the people, L.: (orationis) vim ac varietatem.

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  • 16 succēdō

        succēdō cessī, cessus, ere    [sub+cedo], to go below, come under, enter: tectum, cui succederet: tectis nostris, V.: Rex iussae succedit aquae, O.: tumulo, i. e. to be buried, V.— To go from under, go up, mount, ascend: alto caelo, V.: in arduum, L.: hoc itinere est fons, quo mare succedit longius, Cs.: muros, L.— To follow, follow after, take the place of, relieve, succeed, receive by succession: ut integri defatigatis succederent, Cs.: integri fessis successerunt, L.: succedam ego vicarius tuo muneri: proelio, L.: non solum, quod tibi succederetur, sed, etc.: in stationem, Cs.: in paternas opes, L.: in Pompei locum heres: Aspicit in teretes lignum succedere suras, O.: ad alteram partem, come next, Cs.— To approach, draw near, march on, advance, march up: sub montem, Cs.: ad hostium latebras, L.: temere moenibus, L.: portas, Cs.: murum, L.: ubicumque iniquo successum erat loco, L.—Fig., to come under, submit to: omnes sententiae sub acumen stili succedant necesse est: Succedoque oneri, take up, V.— To follow, follow after, succeed: successit ipse magnis (oratoribus): horum aetati successit Isocrates: Tertia post illas successit aënea proles, O.: orationi, quae, etc., i. e. speak after: male gestis rebus alterius successum est, to another's bad administration, L.— To go on well, be successful, prosper, succeed: quando hoc bene successit, T.: quod res nulla successerat, Cs.: cum neque satis inceptum succederet, L.: voti Phoebus succedere partem Mente dedit, V.: Hac non successit; aliā adgrediemur viā, T.: si ex sententiā successerit: cui (fraudi) quoniam parum succedit, L.: successurumque Minervae Indoluit, O.: nolle successum non patribus, L.: ubicumque iniquo successum erat loco, had been victorious under disadvantages of position, L.
    * * *
    succedere, successi, successus V
    climb; advance; follow; succeed in

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  • 17 insequor

    in-sĕquor, cūtus (quūtus), 3, v. dep. n. and a., to follow, to follow after or upon a person or thing (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    proximus huic, longo sed proximus intervallo Insequitur Salius,

    Verg. A. 5, 321:

    fugientem lumine pinum,

    with her eyes follows the flying ship, Ov. M. 11, 468.—
    B.
    In partic., to pursue, follow up, press upon: [p. 964] gens eadem quae te bello Insequitur, Verg. A. 8, 146:

    hostem,

    Curt. 4, 9, 13; 7, 9, 13; Suet. Claud. 1:

    ad hostem insequendum,

    Liv. 26, 6, 7:

    reliquias Troiae cineres atque ossa peremptae,

    Verg. A. 5, 786:

    aliquem gladio stricto,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 9, 21; so Caes. B. G. 1, 15; 1, 23 fin. al.—
    C.
    Of time, to follow, succeed (in verb. fin. rare; cf. P. a. infra):

    hunc proximo saeculo Themistocles insecutus est,

    Cic. Brut. 10, 41; Quint. 3, 1, 8.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    improborum facta suspicie insequitur,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To strive after, endeavor:

    nec vero te rhetoricis quibusdam libris insequor, ut erudiam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 10.—
    2.
    To proceed:

    pergam atque insequar longius,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 51.— Poet. with inf.:

    rursus et alterius lentum convellere vimen Insequor,

    Verg. A. 3, 32.—
    3.
    To overtake:

    at mors insecuta est Gracchum,

    Cic. Div. 2, 29, 62. —
    4.
    To pursue in a hostile manner with words, to censure, reproach, etc.:

    homines benevolos contumeliā,

    Cic. Att. 14, 14, 5:

    irridendo,

    id. Sest. 11, 25:

    clamore ac minis,

    id. Clu. 8, 24:

    turpitudinem vitae,

    Cic. Sull. 29, 81:

    dissimiles,

    Plin. Pan. 53, 2.—
    5.
    Of order or succession, to follow, come next:

    postremam litteram detrahebant, nisi vocalis insequebatur,

    Cic. Or. 48, 161:

    praesagium insequentis casus,

    Suet. Galb. 6.—Hence, insĕquens, entis, P. a., of time, following:

    annus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 10; Liv. 2, 18, 1:

    diei insequentis pars,

    id. 26, 14, 5:

    nocte insequenti,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 23, 1:

    anno,

    Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 259:

    tempore,

    Vell. 1, 6:

    insequentium aetatum principes,

    Suet. Aug. 31.—
    2.
    Of logical order:

    ex prioribus geometria probat insequentia,

    Quint. 1, 10, 37; cf. id. 8, 4, 17 al. —
    * Adv.: insĕquenter, i. q. protinus, deinceps, thereupon, immediately, Non. 376, 19.

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  • 18 sector

    1.
    sector, ōris, m. [id.], one who cuts or cuts off, a cutter (rare but class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    zonarius,

    a cutpurse, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 20:

    collorum,

    a cutthroat, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80 (v. II.); so id. ib. 31 fin.:

    feni,

    a haycutter, mower, Col. 11, 1, 12.—
    II.
    Publicists' t. t., a bidder, purchaser at a public sale of goods captured or confiscated by the State (cf. quadruplator):

    sectores vocantur qui publica bona mercantur,

    Dig. 4, 146:

    cum de bonis et de caede agatur, testimonium dicturus est is, qui et sector est et sicarius: hoc est, qui et illorum ipsorum bonorum, de quibus agitur, emptor atque possessor est et eum hominem occidendum curavit, de cujus morte quaeritur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 103:

    sector sis,

    id. Phil. 2, 26, 65:

    Pompeii (sc. bonorum),

    id. ib. 13, 14, 30; Crassus ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 3:

    ubique hasta et sector,

    Tac. H. 1, 20:

    hastae subjecit tabernas, nec sector inventus est,

    Flor. 2, 6, 48; Pacat. Pan. Theod. 25, 28; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 496; cf. Ps.-Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 52, p. 172, and 2, 1, 23, §

    61, p. 177 Orell.—In a double sense, with the signif. I.: nescimus per ista tempora eosdem fere sectores fuisse collorum et bonorum?

    cutthroats and cutpurses, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80. —
    * B.
    Trop.:

    hinc rapti pretio fasces sectorque favoris Ipse sui populus,

    seller of his favor, Luc. 1, 178.—
    III. 2.
    sector, ātus, 1 ( inf. sectarier, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 13; id. Rud. 1, 2, 57; Hor. S. 1, 2, 78), v. dep. freq. a. [sequor], to follow continually or eagerly, in a good or bad sense; to run after, attend, accompany; to follow after, chase, pursue (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    equidem te jam sector quintum hunc annum,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 5:

    servum misi, qui sectari solet meum gnatum,

    id. Ep. 3, 4, 50: Chrysogonum (servi), Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 77:

    praetorem circum omnia fora,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169:

    si mercede conducti obviam candidatis issent, si conducti sectarentur,

    id. Mur. 32, 67:

    at sectabuntur multi,

    id. ib. 33, 70:

    neque te quisquam stipator Praeter Crispinum sectabitur,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 139:

    equitum manus quae regem ex more sectatur,

    Tac. A. 15, 2; 15, 33 fin.; Gell. 20, 6, 1 et saep.:

    mulieres sectarier,

    to run after, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 13; 3, 1, 183; cf.:

    desine matronas sectarier,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 78:

    ipse suas sectatur oves, at filius agnos,

    accompanies, guards, Tib. 1, 10, 41:

    aratrum,

    to follow the plough, id. 2, 3, 7: canes, to follow the hounds (that hunt on before), Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 14:

    aliquem,

    to run after, pursue, Plaut. Cist. 2, 2, 1: servum, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 6, 3:

    homo ridicule insanus, qui ejusmodi est, ut eum pueri sectentur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148:

    ne scuticā dignum horribili sectere flagello,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 119:

    exagitet nostros Manes sectetur et umbras, etc.,

    Prop. 2, 8, 19 (2, 8 b, 19).— To visit a place gladly, to frequent:

    gymnasia,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 6.— Absol.:

    homo coepit me obsecrare, Ut sibi liceret discere id de me: sectari jussi (alluding to the train of followers who accompanied the ancient philosophers),

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 31; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 36: at sectabantur multi... Quid opus est sectatoribus? (of the train of a candidate) Cic. Mur. 34, 71.—
    B.
    In partic., to pursue, chase, hunt animals: sues silvaticos in montibus, Varr. ap. Non. 555, 31:

    sectaris apros,

    Verg. E. 3, 75:

    gallinam,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 7:

    simiam,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 24; 2, 2, 106; 2, 3, 13 sq.;

    2, 6, 25: leporem,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 106; 2, 2, 9 et saep.:

    cervam videre fugere, sectari canes,

    Ter. Phorm. prol. 7.—
    II.
    Trop., to follow or strive after; to pursue eagerly (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic.): quid vos hanc miseram ac tenuem sectamini praedam? * Caes. B. G. 6, 35; so,

    praedam,

    Tac. A. 1, 65:

    facinora,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:

    lites,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 61:

    nomina tironum,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 16:

    sectantem levia nervi Deficiunt,

    id. A. P. 26:

    gymnasia aut porticus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 6:

    omnes dicendi Veneres,

    Quint. 10, 1, 79; cf.:

    quas figuras,

    id. 9, 3, 100:

    voluptatem,

    id. 10, 1, 28:

    eminentes virtutes,

    to seek out, Tac. A. 1, 80:

    contumaciam sententiarum, habitum vultumque ejus,

    to seek to imitate, id. ib. 16, 22:

    praecepta salubria,

    Suet. Aug. 89:

    commoda,

    id. ib. 25:

    luxuriosa convivia,

    Just. 11, 10, 2:

    in alienis eripiendis vitam sectari,

    id. 27, 2, 8. —
    (β).
    With a rel. or subj.-clause, to hunt or track out, busy one's self:

    mitte sectari, rosa quo locorum Sera moretur,

    Hor. C. 1, 38, 3:

    non ut omnia dicerem sectatus, sed ut maxime necessaria,

    Quint. 1, 10, 1.
    ► In a pass.
    signif.:

    qui vellet se a cane sectari,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 6.

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  • 19 īn-sistō

        īn-sistō stitī, —, ere,    to set foot, take a stand, stand on, step on, tread on: firmiter, hold their ground, Cs.: ut proximi iacentibus insisterent, stepped upon, Cs.: vestigiis abeuntium, L.: huic (saxo) institerat frustra, O.: clamoso circo, occupy a place in, Iu.: insistebat in manu Cereris dextrā simulacrum: cingulus australis, in quo qui insistunt: digitis, on tiptoe, O.: limen, step upon, V.: vestigia plantis Institerat, V.: cineres, H.—To make a stand, halt, pause, stop, stand still: stellarum motūs insistunt: ut aut citius insistendum sit, aut longius procedendum: ille non poterit eodem modo insistere? hesitate: insistit, secum<*> que corde volutat, V.—To enter on, pursue, follow: quam insistam viam, T.: quā quaerere insistam viam? where shall I go to find<*> (him)? T.: iter, quod insistis, approbo, L.—To follow, pursue, press on: acrius hostis institit, N.: fugientibus, L.— Fig., to follow, pursue: viam domandi, V.: rationem pugnae, plan, Cs.: vestigiis laudum suarum, L.—To follow up, pursue, persist, insist, press vigorously, apply oneself, be busy about: sic institit ore, V.: importune: ad spolia legenda, L.: munus: viventi, H.: obsidioni, Cu.: orare dictatorem, ut, etc., L.: flagitare senatus institit Cornutum, ut, etc.: Iulium tueri, N.—To press upon, urge: dilataque tempora taedae Institerant, were at hand, O.: id bellum ipsis institit moenibus, was at, L.: singulis, dwell upon.

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  • 20 sector

        sector ātus, ārī, dep. freq.    [sequor], to follow eagerly, run after, attend, accompany, press upon, follow after, chase, pursue: sectari iussi, to join my train, L.: at sectabantur multi: si conducti sectarentur: Chrysogonum (servi): neque te stipator sectabitur, H.: qui eiusmodi est, ut eum pueri sectentur: Ne scuticā dignum horribili sectere flagello, H.—Of game, to chase, hunt: sectaris apros, V.: leporem, H.—Fig., to follow after, pursue eagerly, search for, hunt: hanc miseram praedam, Cs.: litīs, T.: Nomina tironum, H.: Mitte sectari, quo, etc., H.: virtutes, emulate, Ta.
    * * *
    sectari, sectatus sum V DEP
    follow continually; pursue; pursue with punishment; hunt out; run after

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