insequor

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *énu

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor

Proto-Italic *sekʷōr

Latin sequor

Latin īnsequor

From in- (“after”) + sequor (“follow”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

īnsequor (present infinitive īnsequī, perfect active īnsecūtus sum or īnsequūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to follow, follow after or upon someone or something; pursue, follow up, press upon; attack, chase

   Synonyms: persequor, sequor, cōnsequor, exsequor, īnsector, excipiō

   • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martialis, Epigrammata V.83:

     Insequeris, fugio; fugis, insequor

     You pursue, I flee; you flee, I pursue

2. to proceed, go on
3. (of time) to follow, succeed

   Synonym: excipiō

4. (of order) to follow, come next
5. to strive after, endeavour

   Synonyms: ēlabōrō, lūctor, certō, nītor, ēnītor, cōnītor, appetō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, studeō, contendō, adnītor, labōrō, pugnō, molior, perīclitor, spectō

6. to censure, reproach, persecute, inveigh

Conjugation

   Conjugation of īnsequor (third conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	īnsequor		īnsequeris, īnsequere		īnsequitur		īnsequimur		īnsequiminī		īnsequuntur
	imperfect	īnsequēbar		īnsequēbāris, īnsequēbāre		īnsequēbātur		īnsequēbāmur		īnsequēbāminī		īnsequēbantur
	future	īnsequar		īnsequēris, īnsequēre		īnsequētur		īnsequēmur		īnsequēminī		īnsequentur
	perfect	īnsecūtus or īnsequūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	īnsecūtus or īnsequūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	īnsecūtus or īnsequūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	īnsequar		īnsequāris, īnsequāre		īnsequātur		īnsequāmur		īnsequāminī		īnsequantur
	imperfect	īnsequerer		īnsequerēris, īnsequerēre		īnsequerētur		īnsequerēmur		īnsequerēminī		īnsequerentur
	perfect	īnsecūtus or īnsequūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	īnsecūtus or īnsequūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		īnsequere		—		—		īnsequiminī		—
	future	—		īnsequitor		īnsequitor		—		—		īnsequuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		īnsequī			—			īnsequēns			—
future		īnsecūtūrum esse, īnsequūtūrum esse			—			īnsecūtūrus, īnsequūtūrus			īnsequendus
perfect		īnsecūtum esse, īnsequūtum esse			—			īnsecūtus, īnsequūtus			—
future perfect		īnsecūtum fore, īnsequūtum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		īnsecūtūrum fuisse, īnsequūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		īnsequendī		īnsequendō		īnsequendum		īnsequendō		īnsecūtum, īnsequūtum		īnsecūtū, īnsequūtū

Derived terms

• īnsecūtiō
• īnsecūtor
• īnsequēns
• īnsequenter

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Italian: inseguire
• Old French: ensuivre
• Sicilian: assicutari
• Spanish: enseguida

Further reading

• “insequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “insequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “insequor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to pursue the enemy: hostes insequi, prosequi