consequor

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ sequor (“I follow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.se.kʷor/, [ˈkõːs̠ɛkʷɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.se.kwor/, [ˈkɔnsekwor]

Verb

cōnsequor (present infinitive cōnsequī, perfect active cōnsecūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to move, travel, come, pass or go after, or follow behind another (in time and/or space)

   Synonyms: persequor, sequor, īnsequor, continuō, excipiō, exsequor

2. to chase, to pursue, to go after; to look for, to search for, to seek

   Synonyms: persequor, sequor, exsequor, īnsector, premō, īnstō, affectō

3. to attend, to accompany, to escort

   Synonyms: comitō, exsequor, sequor

4. to copy, to imitate; to adopt, to obey
5. to follow as a consequence or effect: to ensue (from), to result (from), to arise (from) or to proceed (from)
6. to reach, to overtake, to come up with, to attain to, to arrive at
7. to become like or equal to someone or something in any property or quality; to equal, to match, to attain, to come up to
8. to obtain, to acquire, to get, attain, reach

   Synonyms: acquīrō, parō, pariō, adipīscor, lucror, impetrō, mereō, sūmō, emō, potior, inveniō, ūsūrpō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō

   Antonym: āmittō

9. (of sight) to reach, to distinguish
10. to understand, to perceive, to learn, to know

    Synonyms: comprehendō, dēprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, teneō, apīscor, apprehendō, capiō, complector, excipiō, exaudiō

    Antonyms: nesciō, ignōrō

11. (of discourse) to be equal to, to impress fully, to do justice to

Conjugation

Conjugation of cōnsequor (third conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnsequor	cōnsequeris, cōnsequere	cōnsequitur	cōnsequimur	cōnsequiminī	cōnsequuntur
	imperfect	cōnsequēbar	cōnsequēbāris, cōnsequēbāre	cōnsequēbātur	cōnsequēbāmur	cōnsequēbāminī	cōnsequēbantur
	future	cōnsequar	cōnsequēris, cōnsequēre	cōnsequētur	cōnsequēmur	cōnsequēminī	cōnsequentur
	perfect	cōnsecūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnsecūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnsecūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnsequar	cōnsequāris, cōnsequāre	cōnsequātur	cōnsequāmur	cōnsequāminī	cōnsequantur
	imperfect	cōnsequerer	cōnsequerēris, cōnsequerēre	cōnsequerētur	cōnsequerēmur	cōnsequerēminī	cōnsequerentur
	perfect	cōnsecūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnsecūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnsequere	—	—	cōnsequiminī	—
	future	—	cōnsequitor	cōnsequitor	—	—	cōnsequuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnsequī	cōnsecūtum esse	cōnsecūtūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		cōnsequēns	cōnsecūtus	cōnsecūtūrus	—	—	cōnsequendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōnsequendī	cōnsequendō	cōnsequendum	cōnsequendō	cōnsecūtum	cōnsecūtū

Derived terms

• cōnsecūtiō
• cōnsequēns

Related terms

• see sequor

Descendants

• Catalan: aconseguir
• → English: consecute
• Italian: conseguire
• Old French: consivre, acconsuivre
• Portuguese: conseguir
• Sicilian: cunzicutari
• Spanish: conseguir

References

• “consequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “consequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• consequor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to catch some one up: consequi, assequi aliquem
    
  • to derive (great) profit , advantage from a thing: fructum (uberrimum) capere, percipere, consequi ex aliqua re
    
  • to win (undying) fame: gloriam (immortalem) consequi, adipisci
    
  • to attain eternal renown: immortalitatem consequi, adipisci, sibi parere
    
  • to conjecture: coniectura assequi, consequi, aliquid coniectura colligere
    
  • to acquire knowledge of a subject: scientiam alicuius rei consequi
    
  • to obtain a result in something: aliquid efficere, consequi in aliqua re (De Or. 1. 33. 152)
    
  • to acquire influence: opes, gratiam, potentiam consequi
    
  • to overtake the enemy: hostes assequi, consequi