assequor
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ad- + sequor (“follow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈas.sɛ.kʷɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈas.se.kʷor]
Verb
assequor (present infinitive assequī, perfect active assecūtus sum or assequūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- to follow someone in order to come up to him; pursue, go after
- to overtake, come up with, reach, catch up
- to gain, obtain, procure; achieve
- to attain to someone in any quality; equal, rival, match
- to comprehend, understand
Conjugation
Conjugation of assequor (third conjugation, deponent)
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | assequor | assequeris, assequere |
assequitur | assequimur | assequiminī | assequuntur | ||||||
| imperfect | assequēbar | assequēbāris, assequēbāre |
assequēbātur | assequēbāmur | assequēbāminī | assequēbantur | |||||||
| future | assequar | assequēris, assequēre |
assequētur | assequēmur | assequēminī | assequentur | |||||||
| perfect | assecūtus or assequūtus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| pluperfect | assecūtus or assequūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| future perfect | assecūtus or assequūtus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | assequar | assequāris, assequāre |
assequātur | assequāmur | assequāminī | assequantur | ||||||
| imperfect | assequerer | assequerēris, assequerēre |
assequerētur | assequerēmur | assequerēminī | assequerentur | |||||||
| perfect | assecūtus or assequūtus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
| pluperfect | assecūtus or assequūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | — | assequere | — | — | assequiminī | — | ||||||
| future | — | assequitor | assequitor | — | — | assequuntor | |||||||
| non-finite forms | infinitive | participle | |||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||
| present | assequī | — | assequēns | — | |||||||||
| future | assecūtūrum esse, assequūtūrum esse |
— | assecūtūrus, assequūtūrus |
assequendus | |||||||||
| perfect | assecūtum esse, assequūtum esse |
— | assecūtus, assequūtus |
— | |||||||||
| future perfect | assecūtum fore, assequūtum fore |
— | — | — | |||||||||
| perfect potential | assecūtūrum fuisse, assequūtūrum fuisse |
— | — | — | |||||||||
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||||||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||||||||
| assequendī | assequendō | assequendum | assequendō | assecūtum, assequūtum |
assecūtū, assequūtū | ||||||||
Derived terms
- assecūtor
Related terms
References
- “assequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- assequor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to catch some one up: consequi, assequi aliquem
- to conjecture: coniectura assequi, consequi, aliquid coniectura colligere
- as far as I can guess: quantum ego coniectura assequor, auguror
- to carry out one's plan: propositum assequi, peragere
- to reach the highest grade of office: amplissimos honorum gradus assequi, adipisci
- to overtake the enemy: hostes assequi, consequi
- to catch some one up: consequi, assequi aliquem