exsequor

• exequor

From ex- +‎ sequor (“follow”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛks.sɛ.kʷɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛks.se.kʷor]

exsequor (present infinitive exsequī, perfect active exsecūtus sum or exsequūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to follow after thoroughly, steadfastly accompany, go after, seek after, pursue persistently

   Synonyms: persequor, sequor, cōnsequor, īnsequor, īnsector, comitō, continuō, excipiō, premō, agō, īnstō, apīscor

2. to follow or accompany to the grave
3. (figuratively) to pursue (a course of action), follow up, carry out, enforce, perform, execute, accomplish, fulfill

   Synonyms: perficiō, cōnficiō, absolvō, agō, expleō, patrō, efficiō, cumulō, impleō, conclūdō, condō, peragō, dēfungor, fungor, nāvō, perpetrō, trānsigō, prōflīgō, gerō, claudō, inclūdō, exhauriō

   • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 259–260:

     Sed nunc, quid prīmum exsequar? / Tot mē inpediunt cūrae, quae meum animum divorsae trahunt.

     But now, what should I pursue first? So many worries hinder me, which pull my mind in different directions.

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.395–396:

     [...] multa gemēns magnōque animum labefactus amōre,
     iussa tamen dīvom exsequitur classemque revīsit.

     [Aeneas,] bemoaning so much, his resolve weakened by intense passion, nevertheless fulfills the commands of the gods and returns to the fleet.

4. to follow up, investigate, examine

   Synonyms: lūstrō, perlūstrō, circumspiciō, cōnspiciō, obeō, īnspiciō, recēnseō, arbitror, cōnsīderō, reputō

5. to go through with in speaking, rehearse, relate, describe, say, tell
6. to pursue with vengeance or punishment, punish, avenge

   Synonyms: castīgō, multō, pūniō, expiō, mulctō, obiūrgō, animadvertō, moneō, plēctō, ulcīscor

• “exsequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “exsequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• exsequor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to attend a person's funeral: funus alicuius exsequi
    
  • to execute a commission: mandatum exsequi, persequi, conficere
    
  • to execute, manage a business, undertaking: negotium obire, exsequi
    
  • to be unable to say all one wants: verbis non omnia exsequi posse
    
  • to do one's duty: officium suum facere, servare, colere, tueri, exsequi, praestare
    
  • to fulfil one's duty in every detail: omnes officii partes exsequi
    
  • to be engaged upon a transaction, carry it out: negotium obire or exsequi