assequor

Latin

Alternative forms

• adsequor

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor

Proto-Italic *sekʷōr

Latin sequor

Latin assequor

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

1. to follow someone in order to come up to him; pursue, go after
2. to overtake, come up with, reach, catch up
3. to gain, obtain, procure; achieve
4. to attain to someone in any quality; equal, rival, match
5. 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

• cōnsequor
• exsequor
• īnsequor
• obsequor
• persequor
• prōsequor
• resequor
• sequor
• subsequor

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • >? Italian: asseguire (or semi-learned)
• ⇒? Vulgar Latin: assequitāre
  • Italian: asseguitare (or semi-learned or from a blend)

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