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Marcĭon, ōnis, m. ( Marcīon, Prud. Ham. 120), a heretic of Sinope, who gave himself out to be Christ, Tert. de Praescr. adv. Haeret. 30; Prud. Ham. 502.—Hence,

Marcĭōnensis, e, adj., of or belonging to the heretic Marcion:

continentia,

Tert. Praescr. Haeret. 30.—

Marcĭō-nista, ae, m., a follower of the heretic Marcion, a Marcionite.—Plur., Cod. Just. 1, 5, 5.—

Marcĭōnīta, ae, m., for Marcionensis, of or belonging to the heretic Marcion:

Marcionita Deus, tristis, ferus insidiator,

i. e. feigned by Marcion, Prud. Ham. 129.— Plur.: Marcĭōnītae, Marcionites, disciples of Marcion, Tert. Praescr. Her. 49; Lact. 4, 30, 10; Ambros. de Fide, 5, 13, 162.—

A native of Smyrna, the author of a treatise De simplicibus effectibus, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 38.

Marcĭon, ōnis, m. ( Marcīon, Prud. Ham. 120), a heretic of Sinope, who gave himself out to be Christ, Tert. de Praescr. adv. Haeret. 30; Prud. Ham. 502.—Hence,

Marcĭōnensis, e, adj., of or belonging to the heretic Marcion:

continentia,

Tert. Praescr. Haeret. 30.—

Marcĭō-nista, ae, m., a follower of the heretic Marcion, a Marcionite.—Plur., Cod. Just. 1, 5, 5.—

Marcĭōnīta, ae, m., for Marcionensis, of or belonging to the heretic Marcion:

Marcionita Deus, tristis, ferus insidiator,

i. e. feigned by Marcion, Prud. Ham. 129.— Plur.: Marcĭōnītae, Marcionites, disciples of Marcion, Tert. Praescr. Her. 49; Lact. 4, 30, 10; Ambros. de Fide, 5, 13, 162.—

A native of Smyrna, the author of a treatise De simplicibus effectibus, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 38.

Marcĭon, ōnis, m. ( Marcīon, Prud. Ham. 120), a heretic of Sinope, who gave himself out to be Christ, Tert. de Praescr. adv. Haeret. 30; Prud. Ham. 502.—Hence,

Marcĭōnensis, e, adj., of or belonging to the heretic Marcion:

continentia,

Tert. Praescr. Haeret. 30.—

Marcĭō-nista, ae, m., a follower of the heretic Marcion, a Marcionite.—Plur., Cod. Just. 1, 5, 5.—

Marcĭōnīta, ae, m., for Marcionensis, of or belonging to the heretic Marcion:

Marcionita Deus, tristis, ferus insidiator,

i. e. feigned by Marcion, Prud. Ham. 129.— Plur.: Marcĭōnītae, Marcionites, disciples of Marcion, Tert. Praescr. Her. 49; Lact. 4, 30, 10; Ambros. de Fide, 5, 13, 162.—

A native of Smyrna, the author of a treatise De simplicibus effectibus, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 38.

Marcĭon, ōnis, m. ( Marcīon, Prud. Ham. 120), a heretic of Sinope, who gave himself out to be Christ, Tert. de Praescr. adv. Haeret. 30; Prud. Ham. 502.—Hence,

Marcĭōnensis, e, adj., of or belonging to the heretic Marcion:

continentia,

Tert. Praescr. Haeret. 30.—

Marcĭō-nista, ae, m., a follower of the heretic Marcion, a Marcionite.—Plur., Cod. Just. 1, 5, 5.—

Marcĭōnīta, ae, m., for Marcionensis, of or belonging to the heretic Marcion:

Marcionita Deus, tristis, ferus insidiator,

i. e. feigned by Marcion, Prud. Ham. 129.— Plur.: Marcĭōnītae, Marcionites, disciples of Marcion, Tert. Praescr. Her. 49; Lact. 4, 30, 10; Ambros. de Fide, 5, 13, 162.—

A native of Smyrna, the author of a treatise De simplicibus effectibus, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 38.

Marcĭon, ōnis, m. ( Marcīon, Prud. Ham. 120), a heretic of Sinope, who gave himself out to be Christ, Tert. de Praescr. adv. Haeret. 30; Prud. Ham. 502.—Hence,

Marcĭōnensis, e, adj., of or belonging to the heretic Marcion:

continentia,

Tert. Praescr. Haeret. 30.—

Marcĭō-nista, ae, m., a follower of the heretic Marcion, a Marcionite.—Plur., Cod. Just. 1, 5, 5.—

Marcĭōnīta, ae, m., for Marcionensis, of or belonging to the heretic Marcion:

Marcionita Deus, tristis, ferus insidiator,

i. e. feigned by Marcion, Prud. Ham. 129.— Plur.: Marcĭōnītae, Marcionites, disciples of Marcion, Tert. Praescr. Her. 49; Lact. 4, 30, 10; Ambros. de Fide, 5, 13, 162.—

A native of Smyrna, the author of a treatise De simplicibus effectibus, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 38.

Pāpĭnĭānus, i, m., a celebrated Roman jurist under Septimius Severus, beheaded at the command of Caracalla, Spart. Sever. 21; Caracall. 4; 8.—Hence,

Pā-pĭnĭānista, ae, m., a follower or admirer of Papinian, Just. in Ep. praef. Dig. 2.

Pāpĭnĭānus, i, m., a celebrated Roman jurist under Septimius Severus, beheaded at the command of Caracalla, Spart. Sever. 21; Caracall. 4; 8.—Hence,

Pā-pĭnĭānista, ae, m., a follower or admirer of Papinian, Just. in Ep. praef. Dig. 2.

pĕdĭsĕquus, and lesscorrectly pĕdis-sĕquus, old form pĕdĭsĕcus, a, adj. [pes-sequor], that follows on foot:

SERVVS PEDISSEQVVS,

Inscr. Murat. 928, 6.—Hence, subst.: pĕdĭsĕquus, i, m., a male attendant; a footman, man-servant, page, lackey; and, pĕdĭsĕqua, ae, f., a female attendant, a waiting-woman, Dig. 31, 1, 67; 34, 1, 17; 40, 4, 59; Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 27:

gnatae pedissequa nutrix anus,

id. ib. 4, 10, 77; id. As. 1, 3, 31:

vestem, uniones, pedisequos et cetera,

Phaedr. 4, 5, 36:

clamore pedisequorum nostrorum,

Cic. Att. 2, 16, 1; Nep. Att. 13, 3:

turba pedisequorum,

Col. 1 prooem. 12.—Comically: Pa. Sequere hac me. Py. Pedisecus tibi sum, I'll follow at your heels, immediately, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 18.—

Trop., a follower, attendant:

istam juris scientiam eloquentiae tamquam ancillulam pedisequamque adjunxisti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236:

vix satis idoneae (divitiae) tibi videbuntur, quae virtutis pedisequae sint,

the handmaids of virtue, Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20:

sapientem quippe pedisequum et imitatorem dei dicimus et sequi arbitramur deum,

App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 25, 14.

pĕdĭsĕquus, and lesscorrectly pĕdis-sĕquus, old form pĕdĭsĕcus, a, adj. [pes-sequor], that follows on foot:

SERVVS PEDISSEQVVS,

Inscr. Murat. 928, 6.—Hence, subst.: pĕdĭsĕquus, i, m., a male attendant; a footman, man-servant, page, lackey; and, pĕdĭsĕqua, ae, f., a female attendant, a waiting-woman, Dig. 31, 1, 67; 34, 1, 17; 40, 4, 59; Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 27:

gnatae pedissequa nutrix anus,

id. ib. 4, 10, 77; id. As. 1, 3, 31:

vestem, uniones, pedisequos et cetera,

Phaedr. 4, 5, 36:

clamore pedisequorum nostrorum,

Cic. Att. 2, 16, 1; Nep. Att. 13, 3:

turba pedisequorum,

Col. 1 prooem. 12.—Comically: Pa. Sequere hac me. Py. Pedisecus tibi sum, I'll follow at your heels, immediately, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 18.—

Trop., a follower, attendant:

istam juris scientiam eloquentiae tamquam ancillulam pedisequamque adjunxisti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236:

vix satis idoneae (divitiae) tibi videbuntur, quae virtutis pedisequae sint,

the handmaids of virtue, Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20:

sapientem quippe pedisequum et imitatorem dei dicimus et sequi arbitramur deum,

App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 25, 14.

pĕdĭsĕquus, and lesscorrectly pĕdis-sĕquus, old form pĕdĭsĕcus, a, adj. [pes-sequor], that follows on foot:

SERVVS PEDISSEQVVS,

Inscr. Murat. 928, 6.—Hence, subst.: pĕdĭsĕquus, i, m., a male attendant; a footman, man-servant, page, lackey; and, pĕdĭsĕqua, ae, f., a female attendant, a waiting-woman, Dig. 31, 1, 67; 34, 1, 17; 40, 4, 59; Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 27:

gnatae pedissequa nutrix anus,

id. ib. 4, 10, 77; id. As. 1, 3, 31:

vestem, uniones, pedisequos et cetera,

Phaedr. 4, 5, 36:

clamore pedisequorum nostrorum,

Cic. Att. 2, 16, 1; Nep. Att. 13, 3:

turba pedisequorum,

Col. 1 prooem. 12.—Comically: Pa. Sequere hac me. Py. Pedisecus tibi sum, I'll follow at your heels, immediately, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 18.—

Trop., a follower, attendant:

istam juris scientiam eloquentiae tamquam ancillulam pedisequamque adjunxisti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236:

vix satis idoneae (divitiae) tibi videbuntur, quae virtutis pedisequae sint,

the handmaids of virtue, Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20:

sapientem quippe pedisequum et imitatorem dei dicimus et sequi arbitramur deum,

App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 25, 14.

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.).

Act., to follow perseveringly, to follow after, continue to follow, pursue.

Lit.

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.—

In partic.

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.—

To go through a place in pursuit of any thing, to search through:

omnes solitudines,

Cic. Pis. 22, 53. —

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.—

Trop.

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.—

In partic.

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.—

With inf., to hasten, be eager (rare):

nec scimus quam in partem ingredi persequamur,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 4.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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. —

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.—

Neutr., to follow or come after:

exacta vindemia gramine persecuto,

when the grass has grown again, Pall. 3, 26, 5.

signif. (post-class.):

illa se in mare praecipitavit, ne persequeretur,

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

A pursuer, practiser:

flagitii,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 13.—

A revenger, avenger:

inimicitiarum persequentissimus,

Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29.

sĕcūtor ( sĕquūtor), ōris, m. [id.], one that follows another, a follower.

In gen., an attendant (post-class.):

acerrimum relinquens uxori secutorem,

App. M. 9, p. 224, 41; 4, p. 148, 17:

TRIBVNI,

Inscr. Orell. 3516 and 3517.—As an appellation of Mars (with Comes), App. M. 7, p. 192, 30. —

In partic., a pursuer, a kind of light-armed gladiator who fought with the retiarii (pursuing them), Juv. 8, 210 (et Schol. ad loc.); Inscr. Orell. 2571; 2572; 2583; Suet. Calig. 30; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 55; and Friedlaender in Neues Rhein. Mus. 10, p. 585.

sĕquax, ācis, adj. [sequor], following or seeking after, pursuing, sequacious ( poet.; a favorite word of Vergil).

Lit.:

Medea,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 41:

(Arcadas) Latio dare terga sequaci,

pursuing, Verg. A. 10, 365:

cui (frondi) Silvestres uri assidue capraeque sequaces Illudunt,

hunting after, eager for it, id. G. 2, 374 Wagn. N. cr. (cf.:

cytisum sequitur lasciva capella,

id. E. 2, 64):

flammae,

darting, lambent, id. A. 8, 432:

hederae,

clinging, winding, Pers. prol. 6:

fumi,

piercing, penetrating, Verg. G. 4, 230:

Maleae undae,

pursuing, id. A. 5, 193:

quae (chelys) saxa sequacia flectens,

Sid. Carm. 16, 3 (for which:

saxa sequentia,

Ov. M. 11, 2):

oculi,

following, Stat. Th. 3, 500; so Calp. Ecl. 1, 31:

ensis,

following speedily, rapidly moving, Val. Fl. 7, 619.—As subst.: sĕquax, ācis, m., an attendant, follower:

Bacchi Venerisque,

Manil. 5, 143; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 6, 23; 1, 13.—

In partic., of materials, in working, yielding, pliable, ductile, flexible:

trabes,

Val. Fl. 1, 124:

bituminum sequax ac lenta natura,

Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 65:

natura cornus,

id. 11, 37, 45, § 127:

lentitia salicis ad vincturas,

id. 16, 37, 68, § 174 et saep.— Comp.:

nec est alia nunc materia sequacior (vitro),

Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 198:

flexibiles quamcumque in partem ducimur a principe, atque ut ita dicam, sequaces sumus,

Plin. Pan. 45, 5.—

Trop., following, pursuing:

naturas hominum varias moresque sequaces,

following them, Lucr. 3, 315:

metus hominum curaeque sequaces,

pursuing them, id. 2, 47:

scabies sequax malum,

Grat. Cyn. 411.—

Following, tractable:

imbueret novas artes sensusque sequaces,

Aus. Idyll. 5, 3; so,

discipuli,

Pacat. Pan. Theod. 15.—Hence, adv.: sĕquācĭter, of course, consequently, Arn. 2, 49; 2, 75; Aug. Doctr. Christ. 2, 22; id. de Musica, 4, 10.