insequor
Latin
Etymology
From in- (“after”) + sequor (“follow”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.se.kʷor/, [ˈĩːs̠ɛkʷɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈin.se.kwor/, [ˈinsekwor]
Verb
īnsequor (present infinitive īnsequī, perfect active īnsecūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- I follow, follow after or upon someone or something; pursue, follow up, press upon; attack, chase.
- 38 CE – 104 CE, Martial, Epigrammata V.83:
- Insequeris, fugio; fugis, insequor
- You pursue, I flee; you flee, I pursue
- Insequeris, fugio; fugis, insequor
- I proceed, go on.
- (of time) I follow, succeed.
- (of order) I follow, come next.
- I strive after, endeavour.
- Synonyms: ēlabōrō, lūctor, certō, nītor, ēnītor, cōnītor, appetō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, studeō, contendō, adnītor, labōrō, pugnō, molior, perīclitor, spectō
- I 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 + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | īnsecūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | īnsecūtus + 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 + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | īnsecūtus + 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 | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | īnsequī | īnsecūtum esse | īnsecūtūrum esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | īnsequēns | īnsecūtus | īnsecūtūrus | — | — | īnsequendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| īnsequendī | īnsequendō | īnsequendum | īnsequendō | īnsecūtum | īnsecūtū | ||
Derived terms
- īnsecūtiō
- īnsecūtor
- īnsequēns
- īnsequenter
Related terms
- assequor
- cōnsequor
- exsequor
- obsequor
- persequor
- prōsequor
- resequor
- sequor
- subsequor
Descendants
- English: ensue (via Old French)
- French: ensuivre
- Italian: inseguire
- Sicilian: assicutari
- Spanish: enseguida
References
- Dunkel, George E. (2014), “Lexikon [Lexicon]”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN, pages 242
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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to pursue the enemy: hostes insequi, prosequi
- to pursue the enemy: hostes insequi, prosequi