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Latin
Etymology
From con- + sequor (“I follow”).
Pronunciation
Verb
cōnsequor (present infinitive cōnsequī, perfect active cōnsecūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- to move, travel, come, pass or go after, or follow behind another (in time and/or space)
- Synonyms: persequor, sequor, īnsequor, continuō, excipiō, exsequor
- to chase, to pursue, to go after; to look for, to search for, to seek
- Synonyms: persequor, sequor, exsequor, īnsector, premō, īnstō, affectō
- to attend, to accompany, to escort
- Synonyms: comitō, exsequor, sequor
- to copy, to imitate; to adopt, to obey
- to follow as a consequence or effect: to ensue (from), to result (from), to arise (from) or to proceed (from)
- to reach, to overtake, to come up with, to attain to, to arrive at
- to become like or equal to someone or something in any property or quality; to equal, to match, to attain, to come up to
- to obtain, to acquire, to get, attain, reach
- Synonyms: acquīrō, parō, pariō, adipīscor, lucror, impetrō, mereō, sūmō, emō, potior, inveniō, ūsūrpō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō
- Antonym: āmittō
- (of sight) to reach, to distinguish
- to understand, to perceive, to learn, to know
- Synonyms: comprehendō, dēprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, teneō, apīscor, apprehendō, capiō, complector, excipiō, exaudiō
- Antonyms: nesciō, ignōrō
- (of discourse) to be equal to, to impress fully, to do justice to
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References
- “consequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “consequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- consequor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to catch some one up: consequi, assequi aliquem
- to derive (great) profit , advantage from a thing: fructum (uberrimum) capere, percipere, consequi ex aliqua re
- to win (undying) fame: gloriam (immortalem) consequi, adipisci
- to attain eternal renown: immortalitatem consequi, adipisci, sibi parere
- to conjecture: coniectura assequi, consequi, aliquid coniectura colligere
- to acquire knowledge of a subject: scientiam alicuius rei consequi
- to obtain a result in something: aliquid efficere, consequi in aliqua re (De Or. 1. 33. 152)
- to acquire influence: opes, gratiam, potentiam consequi
- to overtake the enemy: hostes assequi, consequi