English → Latin
“pursue” in Latin
persequorto follow perseveringly, continue to follow; search through; pursue; to pursue, chase, hunt; to avenge, take vengeance uprōsequorto escort, accompany; to pursue, follow; to describe in detailcōnsectorto seek or pursue, chase; to hunt down or seek out (in order to destroy); to persecuteīnsequorto follow, follow after or upon someone or something; pursue, follow up, press upon; attack, chase; to proceed, go on; tīnsectorto pursue, chase; to blame, rail at, inveigh against, speak ill of; to taunt, slanderīnsistōto set foot, stand, tread or press on or upon; to enter or embark on, pursue (a way, path or journey); to follow, pursue
The English word pursue itself goes back to Latin sequor, through prōsequor.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pursue
persequi; prosequi; consectari; insequi; insectari; insistere or instare alicui: I will pursue the subject, pergam atque insequar longius (Cic.). Vid: also, CHASE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pursue?
- The usual Latin words for “pursue” are persequor, prōsequor, cōnsector; also īnsequor, īnsector, īnsistō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.