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Latin
Etymology
From prō- + sequor (“follow”).
Pronunciation
Verb
prōsequor (present infinitive prōsequī, perfect active prōsecūtus sum or prōsequūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- to escort, accompany
- to pursue, follow
- to describe in detail
- (figuratively) to attend, wait on, allow, accommodate
Conjugation
indicative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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prōsequor
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prōsequeris, prōsequere
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prōsequitur
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prōsequimur
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prōsequiminī
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prōsequuntur
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imperfect
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prōsequēbar
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prōsequēbāris, prōsequēbāre
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prōsequēbātur
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prōsequēbāmur
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prōsequēbāminī
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prōsequēbantur
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future
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prōsequar
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prōsequēris, prōsequēre
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prōsequētur
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prōsequēmur
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prōsequēminī
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prōsequentur
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perfect
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prōsecūtus or prōsequūtus + present active indicative of sum
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pluperfect
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prōsecūtus or prōsequūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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future perfect
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prōsecūtus or prōsequūtus + future active indicative of sum
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subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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prōsequar
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prōsequāris, prōsequāre
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prōsequātur
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prōsequāmur
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prōsequāminī
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prōsequantur
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imperfect
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prōsequerer
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prōsequerēris, prōsequerēre
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prōsequerētur
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prōsequerēmur
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prōsequerēminī
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prōsequerentur
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perfect
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prōsecūtus or prōsequūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
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pluperfect
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prōsecūtus or prōsequūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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imperative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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—
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prōsequere
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—
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—
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prōsequiminī
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—
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future
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—
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prōsequitor
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prōsequitor
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—
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—
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prōsequuntor
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prōsequī
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—
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prōsequēns
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—
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prōsecūtūrum esse, prōsequūtūrum esse
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—
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prōsecūtūrus, prōsequūtūrus
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prōsequendus
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prōsecūtum esse, prōsequūtum esse
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—
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prōsecūtus, prōsequūtus
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—
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prōsecūtum fore, prōsequūtum fore
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—
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—
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—
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prōsecūtūrum fuisse, prōsequūtūrum fuisse
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—
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—
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—
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prōsequendī
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prōsequendō
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prōsequendum
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prōsequendō
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prōsecūtum, prōsequūtum
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prōsecūtū, prōsequūtū
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “prosequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “prosequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- prosequor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to accompany any one when starting; to see a person off: aliquem proficiscentem prosequi
- to wish any one a prosperous journey: aliquem proficiscentem votis ominibusque prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11, note Prosequi...)
- to attend a person's funeral: exsequias alicuius funeris prosequi
- to perform the last offices of affection: supremis officiis aliquem prosequi (vid sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
- to show kindness to..: benevolentia aliquem complecti or prosequi
- to wish prosperity to an undertaking: aliquid optimis ominibus prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
- to honour, show respect for, a person: aliquem honore afficere, augere, ornare, prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
- to show a thankful appreciation of a person's kindness: grata memoria aliquem prosequi
- to think of a person with a grateful sense of his goodness: nomen alicuius grato animo prosequi
- to feel affection for a person: amore prosequi, amplecti aliquem
- to use insulting expressions to any one: contumeliosis vocibus prosequi aliquem (vid. sect. VI. 11, note Prosequi...)
- to be courteous, obliging to some one: aliquem officiis suis complecti, prosequi
- to pursue the enemy: hostes insequi, prosequi