persequor
Latin
Etymology
From per- (“through”) + sequor (“follow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɛr.sɛ.kʷɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛr.se.kʷor]
Verb
persequor (present infinitive persequī, perfect active persecūtus sum or persequūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- to follow perseveringly, continue to follow; search through; pursue
- (in a hostile manner) to pursue, chase, hunt; to avenge, take vengeance upon someone or something; prosecute; to persecute
- to seek to obtain, strive after, seek out
- to follow the teaching or example of someone, imitate
- to follow up with action, execute, bring about, do, accomplish
- (in writing) to follow, take down, minute down, keep pace with, record
- (in speech or writing) to relate, recount, describe, explain
- c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, De brevitate vitae 13:
- Persequi singulos longum est quorum aut latrunculi aut pila aut excoquendi in sole corporis cura consumpsere uitam.
- It would be tedious to mention all the different men who have spent the whole of their life over chess or ball or the practice of baking their bodies in the sun.
- Persequi singulos longum est quorum aut latrunculi aut pila aut excoquendi in sole corporis cura consumpsere uitam.
- (intransitive) to follow or come after
Conjugation
Conjugation of persequor (third conjugation, deponent)
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | persequor | persequeris, persequere |
persequitur | persequimur | persequiminī | persequuntur | ||||||
| imperfect | persequēbar | persequēbāris, persequēbāre |
persequēbātur | persequēbāmur | persequēbāminī | persequēbantur | |||||||
| future | persequar | persequēris, persequēre |
persequētur | persequēmur | persequēminī | persequentur | |||||||
| perfect | persecūtus or persequūtus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| pluperfect | persecūtus or persequūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| future perfect | persecūtus or persequūtus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | persequar | persequāris, persequāre |
persequātur | persequāmur | persequāminī | persequantur | ||||||
| imperfect | persequerer | persequerēris, persequerēre |
persequerētur | persequerēmur | persequerēminī | persequerentur | |||||||
| perfect | persecūtus or persequūtus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
| pluperfect | persecūtus or persequūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | — | persequere | — | — | persequiminī | — | ||||||
| future | — | persequitor | persequitor | — | — | persequuntor | |||||||
| non-finite forms | infinitive | participle | |||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||
| present | persequī | — | persequēns | — | |||||||||
| future | persecūtūrum esse, persequūtūrum esse |
— | persecūtūrus, persequūtūrus |
persequendus | |||||||||
| perfect | persecūtum esse, persequūtum esse |
— | persecūtus, persequūtus |
— | |||||||||
| future perfect | persecūtum fore, persequūtum fore |
— | — | — | |||||||||
| perfect potential | persecūtūrum fuisse, persequūtūrum fuisse |
— | — | — | |||||||||
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||||||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||||||||
| persequendī | persequendō | persequendum | persequendō | persecūtum, persequūtum |
persecūtū, persequūtū | ||||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: perseguir
- English: persecute
- French: persécuter
- Galician: perseguir
- Ido: persequar
- Italian: perseguire
- Portuguese: perseguir
- Sicilian: pirsicutari
- Spanish: perseguir
References
- “persequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “persequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- persequor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to continue one's journey, pursue one's course: viam persequi (also metaphorically)
- to follow in any one's steps: vestigia alicuius sequi, persequi or vestigiis aliquem sequi, persequi
- to execute a commission: mandatum exsequi, persequi, conficere
- to sing the praises of some one (not canere aliquem: alicuius laudes versibus persequi
- to give a full, detailed account of a thing: pluribus verbis, copiosius explicare, persequi aliquid
- to treat in writing: litteris persequi (vid. sect. VIII. 2, note persequi...) aliquid
- to avenge an insult: iniurias persequi (Verr. 2. 3. 9)
- to assert one's right: ius suum persequi
- to exact a penalty from some one: poenas alicuius persequi
- to harass with war: bello persequi aliquem, lacessere
- to follow up and harass the enemy when in flight: hostes (fusos) persequi
- to continue one's journey, pursue one's course: viam persequi (also metaphorically)
- https://logeion.uchicago.edu/persequor