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  • 1 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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  • 2 imitor

        imitor ātus, āre, freq.    [2 IC-], to imitate, act like, copy after, seek to resemble, counterfeit, mimic: genus ad omnia imitanda aptissimum, Cs.: in gloriā Paulum: aliquem imitando effingere: imitari quam invidere bonis malebant, S.: in adeundis periculis consuetudo imitanda medicorum est: habere exemplum ad imitandum: imitatur ianua portas, resembles, Iu.: vox sonitūs imitata tubarum, V.—To imitate, represent, express, hit off, copy, portray: luctum penicillo: chirographum: antiquitatem: sine imitandorum carminum actu ludiones, not expressing by gesticulation, L.: mutatā iuvenem figurā, assume the form of, H.: putre solum arando, i. e. make friable, V.: Stipitibus ferrum, supply the place of, V.: gaudium, i. e. display, Tb.
    * * *
    imitari, imitatus sum V DEP
    imitate, copy, mimic

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  • 3 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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  • 4 imitor

    ĭmĭtor, ātus, 1 (archaic inf. pres. imitarier, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 25; Lucr. 5, 1377), v. freq. a. dep. [root im-, cf. aemulus], to imitate.
    I.
    To represent, to express, copy, portray (class.):

    summum illum luctum penicillo,

    to portray, Cic. Or. 22, 74; cf.:

    oris (Coae Veneris) pulchritudo reliqui corporis imitandi spem auferebat,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 10:

    aut Ialysi aut Coae Veneris pulchritudinem,

    id. Or. 2, 5; id. Brut. 18, 70:

    chirographum,

    id. N. D. 3, 30, 74; id. Fam. 9, 20, 2:

    faber ungues Exprimet et molles imitabitur aere capillos,

    Hor. A. P. 33; cf.:

    argillā quidvis imitabitur udā,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 8:

    hunc in persona lenonis,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

    populi speciem et nomen,

    id. Rep. 3, 33:

    antiquitatem,

    id. Brut. 36, 137; cf.:

    heroum veteres casus fictosque luctus imitari atque adumbrare dicendo,

    id. de Or. 5, 47, 380:

    imitans, ut est mos, facta et dicta vivi,

    Suet. Vesp. 19:

    sine imitandorum carminum actu ludiones,

    not expressing by gesticulation, Liv. 7, 2, 4:

    gaudia falsa,

    Tib. 3, 6, 33; cf.

    maestitiam,

    Tac. A. 1, 24:

    quaecumque (pictura) imitata figuram est,

    Juv. 6, 341.— Poet.: putre solum imitamur arando, i. e. to make loose or friable, Verg. G. 2, 204:

    robore duro Stipitibus ferrum sudibusque imitantur obustis,

    replace, substitute, supply the place of, id. A. 11, 894:

    pocula vitea fermento atque sorbis,

    id. G. 3, 380; cf.:

    diuturni mores consensu utentium comprobati legem imitantur,

    Just. Inst. 1, 2, 9. —
    II.
    To imitate, to act like, copy after, seek to resemble, counterfeit something (so most freq.):

    imitabor nepam,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 7:

    imitabor ergo Aratum, qui magnis de rebus dicere exordiens, a Jove incipiendum putat,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 36; cf.:

    imitor Archytam,

    id. ib. 1, 38:

    Platonem,

    id. Ac. 1, 3, 10:

    aliquem imitando effingere atque exprimere,

    id. de Or. 2, 22, 90; cf.:

    quem (eloquentem) si imitari atque exprimere non possumus,

    id. Or. 5, 19:

    quem postea imitati sunt multi, aequavit nemo,

    Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 126:

    ipsi sibi imitandi fuerunt,

    Cic. Or. 53, 177:

    qui maxime imitandus, et solus imitandus est,

    Quint. 10, 2, 24; cf.:

    tu mihi maxime imitabilis, maxime imitandus videbaris,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 4:

    noster ille amicus, dignus huic ad imitandum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 1 Mos.:

    populi consuetudinem,

    id. ib. 2, 20:

    non dicam plura, ne, in quo te objurgem, id ipsum videar imitari,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 6:

    in adeundis periculis consuetudo imitanda medicorum est,

    id. Off. 1, 24, 83:

    quod faciendum imitandumque est omnibus, ut, etc.,

    id. Lael. 19, 70:

    factum praeclarum expositum ad imitandum,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 114:

    in qua (sc. domo) sollicitas imitatur janua portas,

    resembles, Juv. 7, 42.
    ► a.
    Act. form ĭmĭto, āre (anteclass.): si malos imitabo, Liv. Andr. ap. Non. 473, 22 (Fragm. Trag. v. 1 Rib.):

    tuum opus nemo imitare potest,

    Varr. ib. 21.—
    b.
    ĭmĭtātus, a, um, in pass. signif.:

    imitata et efficta simulacra,

    Cic. Univ. 3, 6:

    cum sint alii veri affectus, alii ficti et imitati,

    Quint. 11, 3, 61:

    nec abest imitata voluptas,

    Ov. M. 9, 481; Avien. Fab. 5, 17.

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  • 5 consector

    consectari, consectatus sum V DEP
    seek, pursue, make for (eagerly); research into; imitate, follow example of; hunt down, overtake, seek out (to destroy); attack/inveigh against; persecute

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  • 6 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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  • 7 adfectato

    affecto (better adf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [adficio]; constr. aliquid.
    I.
    To strive after a thing, to exert one's self to obtain, to pursue, to aim to do: adfectare est pronum animum ad faciendum habere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.—So, adfectare viam or iter, trop., to enter on or take a way, in order to arrive at a destined point (very freq. in Plaut. and Ter.):

    ut me defraudes, ad eam rem adfectas viam,

    you are on your way to this, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 39:

    hi gladiatorio animo ad me adfectant viam,

    set upon me, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 71; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 60:

    quam viam munitet, quod iter adfectet, videtis,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48.—So in other cases:

    cur opus adfectas novum?

    Ov. Am. 1, 1, 14: adfectare spem, to cling to or cherish, Liv. 28, 18; cf. Ov. M. 5, 377: navem, to seize or lay hold of:

    verum ubi nulla datur dextrā adfectare potestas (of the giant Polyphemus),

    Verg. A. 3, 670.—
    II.
    To endeavor to make one's own, to pursue, strive after, aspire to, aim at, desire:

    munditiem, non adfluentiam adfectabat,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5; Cic. Her. 4, 22:

    diligentiam,

    Plin. 17, 1, 1:

    magnificentiam verborum,

    Quint. 3, 8, 61:

    elegantiam Graecae orationis verbis Latinis,

    Gell. 17, 20:

    artem,

    Val. Max. 8, 7, n. 1 extr. — Pass.: morbo adfectari, to be seized or attacked by disease, Liv. 29, 10 init. —
    B.
    In a bad sense, to strive after a thing passionately, to aim at or aspire to:

    dominationes, Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17: caelum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 51:

    uniones,

    Plin. 9, 35, 56:

    regnum,

    Liv. 1, 46, 2; 2, 7, 6:

    imperium in Latinos,

    id. 1, 50, 4:

    cruorem alicujus,

    Stat. Th. 11, 539:

    immortalitatem,

    Curt. 4, 7.—Also with inf. as object, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 9:

    non ego sidereas adfecto tangere sedes,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 39; Stat. Th. 1, 132: Sil. 4, 138; Quint. 5, 10, 28:

    qui esse docti adfectant,

    id. 10, 1, 97.—
    C.
    In the histt., to seek to draw to one's self, to try to gain over:

    civitates formidine adfectare,

    Sall. J. 66:

    Gallias,

    Vell. 2, 39:

    Galliarum societatem,

    Tac. H. 4, 17; 1, 23; 4, 66; id. G. 37, 9; Flor. 2, 2, 3.—
    D.
    To imitate a thing faultily, or with dissimulation, to affect, feign (only post-Aug.):

    crebrum anhelitum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 56:

    imitationem antiquitatis,

    id. 11, 3, 10:

    famam clementiae,

    Tac. H. 2, 63:

    studium carminum,

    id. A. 14, 16; so Suet. Vesp. 23: Plin. Pan. 20.—Hence, adfectātus, a, um, P. a.; in rhetoric, choice, select, or farfetched; studied:

    subtilitas,

    Quint. 3, 11, 21:

    scurrilitas,

    id. 11, 1, 30:

    (gradatio) apertiorem habet artem et magis adfectatam,

    id. 9, 3, 54:

    adfectata et parum naturalia,

    id. 11, 3, 10 (but in 12, 10, 45 the correct read. is effectius, acc. to Spald.).— Adv.: adfec-tātō, studiously, zealously, Lampr. Heliog. 17.

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  • 8 adfecto

    affecto (better adf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [adficio]; constr. aliquid.
    I.
    To strive after a thing, to exert one's self to obtain, to pursue, to aim to do: adfectare est pronum animum ad faciendum habere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.—So, adfectare viam or iter, trop., to enter on or take a way, in order to arrive at a destined point (very freq. in Plaut. and Ter.):

    ut me defraudes, ad eam rem adfectas viam,

    you are on your way to this, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 39:

    hi gladiatorio animo ad me adfectant viam,

    set upon me, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 71; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 60:

    quam viam munitet, quod iter adfectet, videtis,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48.—So in other cases:

    cur opus adfectas novum?

    Ov. Am. 1, 1, 14: adfectare spem, to cling to or cherish, Liv. 28, 18; cf. Ov. M. 5, 377: navem, to seize or lay hold of:

    verum ubi nulla datur dextrā adfectare potestas (of the giant Polyphemus),

    Verg. A. 3, 670.—
    II.
    To endeavor to make one's own, to pursue, strive after, aspire to, aim at, desire:

    munditiem, non adfluentiam adfectabat,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5; Cic. Her. 4, 22:

    diligentiam,

    Plin. 17, 1, 1:

    magnificentiam verborum,

    Quint. 3, 8, 61:

    elegantiam Graecae orationis verbis Latinis,

    Gell. 17, 20:

    artem,

    Val. Max. 8, 7, n. 1 extr. — Pass.: morbo adfectari, to be seized or attacked by disease, Liv. 29, 10 init. —
    B.
    In a bad sense, to strive after a thing passionately, to aim at or aspire to:

    dominationes, Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17: caelum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 51:

    uniones,

    Plin. 9, 35, 56:

    regnum,

    Liv. 1, 46, 2; 2, 7, 6:

    imperium in Latinos,

    id. 1, 50, 4:

    cruorem alicujus,

    Stat. Th. 11, 539:

    immortalitatem,

    Curt. 4, 7.—Also with inf. as object, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 9:

    non ego sidereas adfecto tangere sedes,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 39; Stat. Th. 1, 132: Sil. 4, 138; Quint. 5, 10, 28:

    qui esse docti adfectant,

    id. 10, 1, 97.—
    C.
    In the histt., to seek to draw to one's self, to try to gain over:

    civitates formidine adfectare,

    Sall. J. 66:

    Gallias,

    Vell. 2, 39:

    Galliarum societatem,

    Tac. H. 4, 17; 1, 23; 4, 66; id. G. 37, 9; Flor. 2, 2, 3.—
    D.
    To imitate a thing faultily, or with dissimulation, to affect, feign (only post-Aug.):

    crebrum anhelitum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 56:

    imitationem antiquitatis,

    id. 11, 3, 10:

    famam clementiae,

    Tac. H. 2, 63:

    studium carminum,

    id. A. 14, 16; so Suet. Vesp. 23: Plin. Pan. 20.—Hence, adfectātus, a, um, P. a.; in rhetoric, choice, select, or farfetched; studied:

    subtilitas,

    Quint. 3, 11, 21:

    scurrilitas,

    id. 11, 1, 30:

    (gradatio) apertiorem habet artem et magis adfectatam,

    id. 9, 3, 54:

    adfectata et parum naturalia,

    id. 11, 3, 10 (but in 12, 10, 45 the correct read. is effectius, acc. to Spald.).— Adv.: adfec-tātō, studiously, zealously, Lampr. Heliog. 17.

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  • 9 affecto

    affecto (better adf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [adficio]; constr. aliquid.
    I.
    To strive after a thing, to exert one's self to obtain, to pursue, to aim to do: adfectare est pronum animum ad faciendum habere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.—So, adfectare viam or iter, trop., to enter on or take a way, in order to arrive at a destined point (very freq. in Plaut. and Ter.):

    ut me defraudes, ad eam rem adfectas viam,

    you are on your way to this, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 39:

    hi gladiatorio animo ad me adfectant viam,

    set upon me, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 71; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 60:

    quam viam munitet, quod iter adfectet, videtis,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48.—So in other cases:

    cur opus adfectas novum?

    Ov. Am. 1, 1, 14: adfectare spem, to cling to or cherish, Liv. 28, 18; cf. Ov. M. 5, 377: navem, to seize or lay hold of:

    verum ubi nulla datur dextrā adfectare potestas (of the giant Polyphemus),

    Verg. A. 3, 670.—
    II.
    To endeavor to make one's own, to pursue, strive after, aspire to, aim at, desire:

    munditiem, non adfluentiam adfectabat,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5; Cic. Her. 4, 22:

    diligentiam,

    Plin. 17, 1, 1:

    magnificentiam verborum,

    Quint. 3, 8, 61:

    elegantiam Graecae orationis verbis Latinis,

    Gell. 17, 20:

    artem,

    Val. Max. 8, 7, n. 1 extr. — Pass.: morbo adfectari, to be seized or attacked by disease, Liv. 29, 10 init. —
    B.
    In a bad sense, to strive after a thing passionately, to aim at or aspire to:

    dominationes, Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17: caelum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 51:

    uniones,

    Plin. 9, 35, 56:

    regnum,

    Liv. 1, 46, 2; 2, 7, 6:

    imperium in Latinos,

    id. 1, 50, 4:

    cruorem alicujus,

    Stat. Th. 11, 539:

    immortalitatem,

    Curt. 4, 7.—Also with inf. as object, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 9:

    non ego sidereas adfecto tangere sedes,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 39; Stat. Th. 1, 132: Sil. 4, 138; Quint. 5, 10, 28:

    qui esse docti adfectant,

    id. 10, 1, 97.—
    C.
    In the histt., to seek to draw to one's self, to try to gain over:

    civitates formidine adfectare,

    Sall. J. 66:

    Gallias,

    Vell. 2, 39:

    Galliarum societatem,

    Tac. H. 4, 17; 1, 23; 4, 66; id. G. 37, 9; Flor. 2, 2, 3.—
    D.
    To imitate a thing faultily, or with dissimulation, to affect, feign (only post-Aug.):

    crebrum anhelitum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 56:

    imitationem antiquitatis,

    id. 11, 3, 10:

    famam clementiae,

    Tac. H. 2, 63:

    studium carminum,

    id. A. 14, 16; so Suet. Vesp. 23: Plin. Pan. 20.—Hence, adfectātus, a, um, P. a.; in rhetoric, choice, select, or farfetched; studied:

    subtilitas,

    Quint. 3, 11, 21:

    scurrilitas,

    id. 11, 1, 30:

    (gradatio) apertiorem habet artem et magis adfectatam,

    id. 9, 3, 54:

    adfectata et parum naturalia,

    id. 11, 3, 10 (but in 12, 10, 45 the correct read. is effectius, acc. to Spald.).— Adv.: adfec-tātō, studiously, zealously, Lampr. Heliog. 17.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > affecto

  • 10 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > persequor

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