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Latin
Etymology
From con- + sector.
Pronunciation
Verb
cōnsector (present infinitive cōnsectārī or cōnsectārier, perfect active cōnsectātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- to seek or pursue, chase
- to hunt down or seek out (in order to destroy)
- to persecute
Conjugation
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
References
- “consector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “consector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- consector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to draw from the fountain-head: e fontibus haurire (opp. rivulos consectari or fontes non videre)