sequor
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Cognates include Sanskrit सचते (sácate), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬉 (hacaitē) and Ancient Greek ἕπομαι (hépomai).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈse.kʷor/, [ˈs̠ɛkʷɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈse.kwor/, [ˈsɛːkwor]
Verb
sequor (present infinitive sequī, perfect active secūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- (with accusative) I follow, come or go after.
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.20:
- Video meliora proboque, deteriora sequor.
- I see, and I desire the better: I follow the worse.
- Video meliora proboque, deteriora sequor.
- 234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder :
- Rem tene, verba sequentur.
- Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
- Rem tene, verba sequentur.
Conjugation
Conjugation of sequor (third conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | sequor | sequeris, sequere |
sequitur | sequimur | sequiminī | sequuntur |
imperfect | sequēbar | sequēbāris, sequēbāre |
sequēbātur | sequēbāmur | sequēbāminī | sequēbantur | |
future | sequar | sequēris, sequēre |
sequētur | sequēmur | sequēminī | sequentur | |
perfect | secūtus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | secūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | secūtus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | sequar | sequāris, sequāre |
sequātur | sequāmur | sequāminī | sequantur |
imperfect | sequerer | sequerēris, sequerēre |
sequerētur | sequerēmur | sequerēminī | sequerentur | |
perfect | secūtus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | secūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | sequere | — | — | sequiminī | — |
future | — | sequitor | sequitor | — | — | sequuntor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | sequī | secūtum esse | secūtūrum esse | — | — | — | |
participles | sequēns | secūtus | secūtūrus | — | — | sequendus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
sequendī | sequendō | sequendum | sequendō | secūtum | secūtū |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Vulgar Latin: *sequio (see there for further descendants)
References
- “sequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sequor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to follow in any one's steps: vestigia alicuius sequi, persequi or vestigiis aliquem sequi, persequi
- to court a person's favour; to ingratiate oneself with..: gratiam alicuius sibi quaerere, sequi, more strongly aucupari
- to be a lover of ease, leisure: otium sequi, amplexari
- to adopt some one's opinion: ad alicuius sententiam accedere, sententiam alicuius sequi
- to try to conjecture probabilities: probabilia coniectura sequi
- my intention is..: id sequor, ut
- to be guided by another's example: auctoritatem alicuius sequi
- to be a follower, disciple of some one: sectam alicuius sequi (Brut. 31. 120)
- it follows from this that..: sequitur (not ex quo seq.) ut
- to hold by the letter (of the law): verba ac litteras or scriptum (legis) sequi (opp. sententia the spirit)
- to strive to attain virtue: virtutem sequi, virtutis studiosum esse
- to follow fixed principles of conduct: certas rationes in agendo sequi
- to embrace the cause of..., be a partisan of..: alicuius partes (causam) or simply aliquem sequi
- to be neutral: neutram partem sequi
- to follow the standards: signa sequi (opp. a signis discedere, signa relinquere)
- to follow in any one's steps: vestigia alicuius sequi, persequi or vestigiis aliquem sequi, persequi
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- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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