assector

Latin

Alternative forms

• adsector

Etymology

From ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ sector (“attend, accompany”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [asˈsɛk.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [asˈsɛk.tor]

Verb

assector (present infinitive assectārī, perfect active assectātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to attend someone eagerly, accompany, follow, wait upon, escort
2. to follow a woman, seek after, court

Conjugation

   Conjugation of assector (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	assector		assectāris, assectāre		assectātur		assectāmur		assectāminī		assectantur
	imperfect	assectābar		assectābāris, assectābāre		assectābātur		assectābāmur		assectābāminī		assectābantur
	future	assectābor		assectāberis, assectābere		assectābitur		assectābimur		assectābiminī		assectābuntur
	perfect	assectātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	assectātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	assectātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	assecter		assectēris, assectēre		assectētur		assectēmur		assectēminī		assectentur
	imperfect	assectārer		assectārēris, assectārēre		assectārētur		assectārēmur		assectārēminī		assectārentur
	perfect	assectātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	assectātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		assectāre		—		—		assectāminī		—
	future	—		assectātor		assectātor		—		—		assectantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		assectārī			—			assectāns			—
future		assectātūrum esse			—			assectātūrus			assectandus
perfect		assectātum esse			—			assectātus			—
future perfect		assectātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		assectātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		assectandī		assectandō		assectandum		assectandō		assectātum		assectātū

Derived terms

• assectātiō
• assectātor

Descendants

• Old Galician-Portuguese: asseytar
  • Galician: aseitar
  • Portuguese: asseitar
• Spanish: acechar, asechar

References

• “assector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “assector”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.