persequor

Latin

Etymology

From per- (“through”) +‎ sequor (“follow”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

persequor (present infinitive persequī, perfect active persecūtus sum or persequūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to follow perseveringly, continue to follow; search through; pursue

   Synonyms: sequor, cōnsequor, īnsequor, continuō, excipiō, exsequor, īnsector, premō, īnstō, agō

2. (in a hostile manner) to pursue, chase, hunt; to avenge, take vengeance upon someone or something; prosecute; to persecute
3. to seek to obtain, strive after, seek out
4. to follow the teaching or example of someone, imitate
5. to follow up with action, execute, bring about, do, accomplish

   Synonyms: pūniō, ulcīscor, vindicō

6. (in writing) to follow, take down, minute down, keep pace with, record
7. (in speech or writing) to relate, recount, describe, explain
   • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, De brevitate vitae 13:

     Persequi singulos longum est quorum aut latrunculi aut pila aut excoquendi in sole corporis cura consumpsere uitam.

     It would be tedious to mention all the different men who have spent the whole of their life over chess or ball or the practice of baking their bodies in the sun.

8. (intransitive) to follow or come after

Conjugation

   Conjugation of persequor (third conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	persequor		persequeris, persequere		persequitur		persequimur		persequiminī		persequuntur
	imperfect	persequēbar		persequēbāris, persequēbāre		persequēbātur		persequēbāmur		persequēbāminī		persequēbantur
	future	persequar		persequēris, persequēre		persequētur		persequēmur		persequēminī		persequentur
	perfect	persecūtus or persequūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	persecūtus or persequūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	persecūtus or persequūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	persequar		persequāris, persequāre		persequātur		persequāmur		persequāminī		persequantur
	imperfect	persequerer		persequerēris, persequerēre		persequerētur		persequerēmur		persequerēminī		persequerentur
	perfect	persecūtus or persequūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	persecūtus or persequūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		persequere		—		—		persequiminī		—
	future	—		persequitor		persequitor		—		—		persequuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		persequī			—			persequēns			—
future		persecūtūrum esse, persequūtūrum esse			—			persecūtūrus, persequūtūrus			persequendus
perfect		persecūtum esse, persequūtum esse			—			persecūtus, persequūtus			—
future perfect		persecūtum fore, persequūtum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		persecūtūrum fuisse, persequūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		persequendī		persequendō		persequendum		persequendō		persecūtum, persequūtum		persecūtū, persequūtū

Derived terms

• persector
• persecūtiō
• persecūtor
• persecūtus
• persequēns

Related terms

• assequor
• cōnsequor
• exsequor
• īnsequor
• obsequor
• persecūtrīx
• prōsequor
• resequor
• sequor
• subsequor

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: perseguire
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: perseguir
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: perseguir
    • Galician: perseguir
    • Portuguese: perseguir
  • Old Spanish: perseguir
    • Spanish: perseguir
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *persequitāre
  • >? Italian: perseguitare (or from a blend)
  • Sicilian: pirsicutari
  • → Middle French: persécuter (indirectly)
    • French: persécuter
    • → Middle English: persecute
      • English: persecute
• Borrowings:
  • → Ido: persequar

References

• “persequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “persequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “persequor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to continue one's journey, pursue one's course: viam persequi (also metaphorically)
    
  • to follow in any one's steps: vestigia alicuius sequi, persequi or vestigiis aliquem sequi, persequi
    
  • to execute a commission: mandatum exsequi, persequi, conficere
    
  • to sing the praises of some one (not canere aliquem: alicuius laudes versibus persequi
    
  • to give a full, detailed account of a thing: pluribus verbis, copiosius explicare, persequi aliquid
    
  • to treat in writing: litteris persequi (vid. sect. VIII. 2, note persequi...) aliquid
    
  • to avenge an insult: iniurias persequi (Verr. 2. 3. 9)
    
  • to assert one's right: ius suum persequi
    
  • to exact a penalty from some one: poenas alicuius persequi
    
  • to harass with war: bello persequi aliquem, lacessere
    
  • to follow up and harass the enemy when in flight: hostes (fusos) persequi
    
• https://logeion.uchicago.edu/persequor