consequor

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor
Proto-Italic *sekʷōr
Latin sequor
Latin cōnsequor

    From con- + sequor (“to follow”).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    cōnsequor (present infinitive cōnsequī, perfect active cōnsecūtus sum or cōnsequūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent

    1. to move, travel, come, pass or go after, or follow behind another (in time and/or space)
      Synonyms: persequor, sequor, īnsequor, continuō, excipiō, exsequor
    2. to chase, to pursue, to go after; to look for, to search for, to seek
      Synonyms: persequor, sequor, exsequor, īnsector, premō, īnstō, affectō
    3. to attend, to accompany, to escort
      Synonyms: comitō, exsequor, sequor
    4. to copy, to imitate; to adopt, to obey
    5. to follow as a consequence or effect: to ensue (from), to result (from), to arise (from) or to proceed (from)
    6. to reach, to overtake, to come up with, to attain to, to arrive at
    7. to become like or equal to someone or something in any property or quality; to equal, to match, to attain, to come up to
    8. to obtain, to acquire, to get, attain, reach
      Synonyms: acquīrō, parō, pariō, adipīscor, lucror, impetrō, mereō, sūmō, emō, potior, inveniō, ūsūrpō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō
      Antonym: āmittō
      • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 2.1:
        quod in Gallia a potentioribus atque iis qui ad conducendos homines facultates habebant vulgo regna occupabantur; qui minus facile eam rem imperio nostro consequi poterant
        Because, in Gaul, those were more powerful and had the capacity to hire men often sought to make themselves kings, and they were less able to easily accomplish this objective on account of our empire
    9. (of sight) to reach, to distinguish
    10. to understand, to perceive, to learn, to know
      Synonyms: comprehendō, dēprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, teneō, apīscor, apprehendō, capiō, complector, excipiō, exaudiō
      Antonyms: nesciō, ignōrō
    11. (of discourse) to be equal to, to impress fully, to do justice to

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of cōnsequor (third conjugation, deponent)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present cōnsequor cōnsequeris,
    cōnsequere     		cōnsequitur cōnsequimur cōnsequiminī cōnsequuntur
    imperfect cōnsequēbar cōnsequēbāris,
    cōnsequēbāre     		cōnsequēbātur cōnsequēbāmur cōnsequēbāminī cōnsequēbantur
    future cōnsequar cōnsequēris,
    cōnsequēre     		cōnsequētur cōnsequēmur cōnsequēminī cōnsequentur
    perfect cōnsecūtus or cōnsequūtus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect cōnsecūtus or cōnsequūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect cōnsecūtus or cōnsequūtus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present cōnsequar cōnsequāris,
    cōnsequāre     		cōnsequātur cōnsequāmur cōnsequāminī cōnsequantur
    imperfect cōnsequerer cōnsequerēris,
    cōnsequerēre     		cōnsequerētur cōnsequerēmur cōnsequerēminī cōnsequerentur
    perfect cōnsecūtus or cōnsequūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect cōnsecūtus or cōnsequūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — cōnsequere — — cōnsequiminī —
    future — cōnsequitor cōnsequitor — — cōnsequuntor
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present cōnsequī — cōnsequēns —
    future cōnsecūtūrum esse,
    cōnsequūtūrum esse     		— cōnsecūtūrus,
    cōnsequūtūrus     		cōnsequendus
    perfect cōnsecūtum esse,
    cōnsequūtum esse     		— cōnsecūtus,
    cōnsequūtus     		—
    future perfect cōnsecūtum fore,
    cōnsequūtum fore     		— — —
    perfect potential cōnsecūtūrum fuisse,
    cōnsequūtūrum fuisse     		— — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    cōnsequendī cōnsequendō cōnsequendum cōnsequendō cōnsecūtum,
    cōnsequūtum     		cōnsecūtū,
    cōnsequūtū

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Catalan: aconseguir
    • → English: consecute
    • Italian: conseguire
    • Old French: consivre, acconsuivre
    • Portuguese: conseguir
    • Sicilian: cunzicutari
    • Spanish: conseguir

    References

    • “consequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “consequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “consequor”, 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 derive (great) profit , advantage from a thing: fructum (uberrimum) capere, percipere, consequi ex aliqua re
      • to win (undying) fame: gloriam (immortalem) consequi, adipisci
      • to attain eternal renown: immortalitatem consequi, adipisci, sibi parere
      • to conjecture: coniectura assequi, consequi, aliquid coniectura colligere
      • to acquire knowledge of a subject: scientiam alicuius rei consequi
      • to obtain a result in something: aliquid efficere, consequi in aliqua re (De Or. 1. 33. 152)
      • to acquire influence: opes, gratiam, potentiam consequi
      • to overtake the enemy: hostes assequi, consequi
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