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
- I follow, follow up, go after, attend, accompany, pursue
- I follow or come after in time
- I copy, imitate; adopt, obey
- I follow as a consequence, ensue, result, arise or proceed from
- I reach, overtake, come up with, attain to, arrive at
- I become like or equal to someone or something in any property or quality; equal, match, attain, come up to
- I obtain, acquire, get, attain, reach
- (of sight) I reach, distinguish
- I understand, perceive, learn, know
- (of discourse) I am equal to, attain, impress fully, do justice to
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
- see sequor
Descendants
- Catalan: aconseguir
- → English: consecute
- Italian: conseguire
- Old French: consivre, acconsuivre
- Portuguese: conseguir
- 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
- to catch some one up: consequi, assequi aliquem