persequens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of persequor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛr.sɛ.kʷẽːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛr.se.kʷens]

Participle

persequēns (genitive persequentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. following, pursuing
   • 58 BCE – 49 BCE, Gaius Iulius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico. Book I, section LIII:

     C. Valerius Procillus, cum ā cūstōdibus in fugā trīnīs catēnīs vīnctus traherētur, in ipsum Caesarem hostēs equitātū persequentem incidit.

     Gaius Valerius Procillus, as he was being dragged by his guards in the fight, bound with a triple chain, fell into the hands of Caesar himself, as he was pursuing the enemy with his cavalry.

2. accomplishing
3. persecuting esp for religious beliefs or practices

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	persequēns			persequentēs	persequentia
genitive	persequentis			persequentium
dative	persequentī			persequentibus
accusative	persequentem	persequēns		persequentēs persequentīs	persequentia
ablative	persequente persequentī1			persequentibus
vocative	persequēns			persequentēs	persequentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

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