persequor

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.se.kʷor/, [ˈpɛrs̠ɛkʷɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.se.kwor/, [ˈpɛrsekwor]

Verb

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

1. I follow perseveringly, continue to follow; search through; pursue.
2. I seek to obtain, strive after, seek out.
3. I follow the teaching or example of someone, imitate.
4. I follow up with action, execute, bring about, do, accomplish.
5. (in a hostile manner) I pursue, chase, hunt; avenge, take vengeance upon someone or something; prosecute.
6. (in writing) I follow, take down, minute down, keep pace with, record.
7. (in speech or writing) I 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) I 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 + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	persecūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	persecūtus + 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 + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	persecūtus + 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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		persequī	persecūtum esse	persecūtūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		persequēns	persecūtus	persecūtūrus	—	—	persequendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		persequendī	persequendō	persequendum	persequendō	persecūtum	persecūtū

Synonyms

• (take vengeance upon): pūniō, ulcīscor, vindicō

Derived terms

• persector
• persecūtiō
• persecūtor

• persecūtus
• persequēns

Related terms

• assequor
• cōnsequor
• exsequor
• īnsequor
• obsequor

• persecūtrīx
• prōsequor
• resequor
• sequor
• subsequor

Descendants

• Catalan: perseguir
• English: persecute
• French: persécuter
• Galician: perseguir

• Ido: persequar
• Italian: perseguire, perseguitare
• Portuguese: perseguir
• Spanish: perseguir

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^[1], 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