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Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
īnsector (present infinitive īnsectārī, perfect active īnsectātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- to pursue, chase
- Synonyms: persequor, cōnsequor, īnsequor, sequor, continuō, excipiō, exsequor, agō, premō, īnstō
- to blame, rail at, inveigh against, speak ill of
- Synonyms: castīgō, increpō, obloquor, incūsō, accūsō, animadvertō, corripiō, arguō, reprehendō, acclāmō, inclāmō, perstringō
- to taunt, slander
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References
- “insector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “insector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- insector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.