verbfirst conjugation, deponent
cōnsector
cōnsector (present infinitive cōnsectārī or cōnsectārier, perfect active cōnsectātus sum)
Classical[kõːˈsɛk.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[konˈsɛk.tor]
Meaning
- deponentto seek or pursue, chase
- deponentto hunt down or seek out (in order to destroy)
- deponentto persecute
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
pursue
cōnsector -ārī — in De Bello Gallico III
Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | cōnsector | cōnsectābar | cōnsectābor | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | cōnsectāris cōnsectāre | cōnsectābāris cōnsectābāre | cōnsectāberis cōnsectābere | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | cōnsectātur | cōnsectābātur | cōnsectābitur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | cōnsectāmur | cōnsectābāmur | cōnsectābimur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | cōnsectāminī | cōnsectābāminī | cōnsectābiminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | cōnsectantur | cōnsectābantur | cōnsectābuntur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | cōnsecter | cōnsectārer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | cōnsectēris cōnsectēre | cōnsectārēris cōnsectārēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | cōnsectētur | cōnsectārētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | cōnsectēmur | cōnsectārēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | cōnsectēminī | cōnsectārēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | cōnsectentur | cōnsectārentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | cōnsectāre | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | cōnsectāminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | cōnsectātor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | cōnsectātor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | cōnsectantor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | cōnsectārī cōnsectārier | — |
| perfect infinitive | cōnsectātum esse | — |
| future infinitive | cōnsectātūrum esse | — |
| present participle | cōnsectāns | — |
| perfect participle | cōnsectātus cōnsectāta, cōnsectātā, cōnsectātae, cōnsectātam, cōnsectātārum, cōnsectātās, cōnsectāte, cōnsectātī, cōnsectātīs, cōnsectātō, cōnsectātōrum, cōnsectātōs | — |
| future participle | cōnsectātūrus cōnsectātūra, cōnsectātūrā, cōnsectātūrae, cōnsectātūram, cōnsectātūrārum, cōnsectātūrās, cōnsectātūre, cōnsectātūrī, cōnsectātūrīs, cōnsectātūrō, cōnsectātūrōrum, cōnsectātūrōs, cōnsectātūrum | cōnsectandus cōnsectanda, cōnsectandā, cōnsectandae, cōnsectandam, cōnsectandārum, cōnsectandās, cōnsectande, cōnsectandīs, cōnsectandōrum, cōnsectandōs |
gerundcōnsectandī, cōnsectandō, cōnsectandumsupinecōnsectātum, cōnsectātū
con-sector, ātus, 1,
I. v. dep., to follow, pursue, strive after eagerly, both in a good and bad sense.
I. Lit., to attend eagerly or continually; to go after a person or thing, etc.
A. Prop. (rare):
hos consector, his ultro arrideo, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 18: mares, feminas, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 20; cf.: senectam ovium (opp. agnas fastidire), Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 188: angiporta haec, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 137; cf. rivulos, Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 117.— More freq. (esp. in Cic.), B. Trop., to pursue eagerly, to strive after, endeavor to gain; to emulate an example, to imitate, etc.:
qui non debita consectari soleant, quod debeatur remissuros, Cic. Att. 13, 23, 3: neque quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum, quia dolor sit, amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, id. Fin. 1, 10, 32: omnes umbras etiam falsae gloriae (corresp. with aucupari inanem rumorem), id. Pis. 24, 57: opes aut potentiam, id. Off. 1, 25, 86: benevolentiam Macedonum largitione, id. ib. 2, 15, 53; id. Leg. 1, 2, 7: verba, id. Caecin. 19, 54: ubertatem orationis, id. Fin. 3, 5, 19: plura (in discourse, opp. comprehendere brevi), id. de Or. 1, 8, 34; Plin. Pan. 75; id. Ep. 5, 6, 43: ista subtilius (in investigating), Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 139: insignia ac paene vitiosa imitando, to imitate, Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 90: vitium de industriā, id. ib. 3, 11, 41: versus Homeri (Maro), Gell. 12, 1, 20.—II. To follow in a hostile manner, to persecule, chase, pursue (most freq. in the histt.):
quosdam (latrones) consectatus est et confecit, Cic. Inv. 2, 37, 111: redeuntes equites quos possunt consectantur atque occidunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 58; 3, 26; 4, 14; Nep. Them. 2, 3; Liv. 43, 10, 7; Vell. 2, 19, 2; Tac. Agr. 16; id. A. 4, 24; id. H. 1, 68.— Of the chase, * Lucr. 5, 965; cf. Liv. 21, 43, 8; 41, 9, 6: Fuflum clamoribus et convitiis et sibilis, Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 2: victos implacabili odio, Tac. H. 4, 1.—B. Trop., of things omnia me mala consectantur, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 7.!*? In pass. signif.: uxorem tuam a populo lapidibus consectari video (διώκεσθαι), to be persecuted, Laber. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cōn-sector ātus, ārī, dep.,
to follow eagerly, attend continually, go after: hos, T.: rivulos.—To follow up, persecute, chase, pursue, overtake, hunt: hostīs, Cs.: per castella milites, Ta.: in montibus pecora, L.: alqm clamoribus. — Fig., to pursue eagerly, strive after, follow, emulate, imitate: dolorem ipsum: umbras falsae gloriae: verba.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincōnsector
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor Proto-Italic *sekʷtos Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin sector Latin cōnsector From con- + sector.