prosequor

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ sequor (“follow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈproː.sɛ.kʷɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔː.s̬e.kʷor]

Verb

prōsequor (present infinitive prōsequī, perfect active prōsecūtus sum or prōsequūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to escort, accompany
2. to pursue, follow
3. to describe in detail
4. (figuratively) to attend, wait on, allow, accommodate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of prōsequor (third conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōsequor		prōsequeris, prōsequere		prōsequitur		prōsequimur		prōsequiminī		prōsequuntur
	imperfect	prōsequēbar		prōsequēbāris, prōsequēbāre		prōsequēbātur		prōsequēbāmur		prōsequēbāminī		prōsequēbantur
	future	prōsequar		prōsequēris, prōsequēre		prōsequētur		prōsequēmur		prōsequēminī		prōsequentur
	perfect	prōsecūtus or prōsequūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōsecūtus or prōsequūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōsecūtus or prōsequūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōsequar		prōsequāris, prōsequāre		prōsequātur		prōsequāmur		prōsequāminī		prōsequantur
	imperfect	prōsequerer		prōsequerēris, prōsequerēre		prōsequerētur		prōsequerēmur		prōsequerēminī		prōsequerentur
	perfect	prōsecūtus or prōsequūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōsecūtus or prōsequūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		prōsequere		—		—		prōsequiminī		—
	future	—		prōsequitor		prōsequitor		—		—		prōsequuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		prōsequī			—			prōsequēns			—
future		prōsecūtūrum esse, prōsequūtūrum esse			—			prōsecūtūrus, prōsequūtūrus			prōsequendus
perfect		prōsecūtum esse, prōsequūtum esse			—			prōsecūtus, prōsequūtus			—
future perfect		prōsecūtum fore, prōsequūtum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		prōsecūtūrum fuisse, prōsequūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		prōsequendī		prōsequendō		prōsequendum		prōsequendō		prōsecūtum, prōsequūtum		prōsecūtū, prōsequūtū

Derived terms

• prōsecūtiō
• prōsecūtor
• prōsecūtus
• prōsequium

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • >? Italian: proseguire (or semi-learned)
• Gallo-Romance: (via *prosequere)
  • Franco-Provençal: porsiuvre, porsègre
  • Old French: porsuir, pursure
    • French: poursuivre
    • Norman: poursuivre
    • → Middle English: pursuen
      • English: pursue
• ⇒? Vulgar Latin: *prosequitāre
  • Italian: proseguitare (or semi-learned or from a blend)
  • Sicilian: prusicutari (or semi-learned)
  • → English: prosecute
• Borrowings:
  • → Catalan: prosseguir (semi-learned)
  • → Portuguese: prosseguir (semi-learned)
  • → Spanish: proseguir (semi-learned)

References

• “prosequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “prosequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “prosequor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to accompany any one when starting; to see a person off: aliquem proficiscentem prosequi
    
  • to wish any one a prosperous journey: aliquem proficiscentem votis ominibusque prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11, note Prosequi...)
    
  • to attend a person's funeral: exsequias alicuius funeris prosequi
    
  • to perform the last offices of affection: supremis officiis aliquem prosequi (vid sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
    
  • to show kindness to..: benevolentia aliquem complecti or prosequi
    
  • to wish prosperity to an undertaking: aliquid optimis ominibus prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
    
  • to honour, show respect for, a person: aliquem honore afficere, augere, ornare, prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
    
  • to show a thankful appreciation of a person's kindness: grata memoria aliquem prosequi
    
  • to think of a person with a grateful sense of his goodness: nomen alicuius grato animo prosequi
    
  • to feel affection for a person: amore prosequi, amplecti aliquem
    
  • to use insulting expressions to any one: contumeliosis vocibus prosequi aliquem (vid. sect. VI. 11, note Prosequi...)
    
  • to be courteous, obliging to some one: aliquem officiis suis complecti, prosequi
    
  • to pursue the enemy: hostes insequi, prosequi