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Latin
Etymology
From in- (“after”) + sequor (“follow”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
īnsequor (present infinitive īnsequī, perfect active īnsecūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- to follow, follow after or upon someone or something; pursue, follow up, press upon; attack, chase
- Synonyms: persequor, sequor, cōnsequor, exsequor, īnsector, excipiō
86 CE – 103 CE,
Martial,
Epigrammata V.83:
- Insequeris, fugio; fugis, insequor
- You pursue, I flee; you flee, I pursue
- to proceed, go on
- (of time) to follow, succeed
- Synonym: excipiō
- (of order) to follow, come next
- to strive after, endeavour
- Synonyms: ēlabōrō, lūctor, certō, nītor, ēnītor, cōnītor, appetō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, studeō, contendō, adnītor, labōrō, pugnō, molior, perīclitor, spectō
- to censure, reproach, persecute, inveigh
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References
Further reading
- “insequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “insequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- insequor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to pursue the enemy: hostes insequi, prosequi