verbthird conjugation, deponent
īnsequor
īnsequor (present infinitive īnsequī, perfect active īnsecūtus sum or īnsequūtus sum)
Classical[ˈĩː.sɛ.kʷɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈin.se.kʷor]
Meaning
- deponentto follow, follow after or upon someone or something; pursue, follow up, press upon; attack, chase
Insequeris, fugio; fugis, insequor
You pursue, I flee; you flee, I pursue86 CE – 103 CE, Martialis, Epigrammata V.83 - deponentto proceed, go on
- deponentto follow, succeed
- deponentto follow, come next
- deponentto strive after, endeavour
- deponentto censure, reproach, persecute, inveigh
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Conjugation conjugation 3 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | īnsequor | īnsequēbar | īnsequar | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | īnsequeris īnsequere | īnsequēbāris īnsequēbāre | īnsequēris īnsequēre | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | īnsequitur | īnsequēbātur | īnsequētur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | īnsequimur | īnsequēbāmur | īnsequēmur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | īnsequiminī | īnsequēbāminī | īnsequēminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | īnsequuntur | īnsequēbantur | īnsequentur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | īnsequar | īnsequerer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | īnsequāris īnsequāre | īnsequerēris īnsequerēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | īnsequātur | īnsequerētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | īnsequāmur | īnsequerēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | īnsequāminī | īnsequerēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | īnsequantur | īnsequerentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | īnsequere | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | īnsequiminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | īnsequitor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | īnsequitor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | īnsequuntor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | īnsequī | — |
| perfect infinitive | īnsecūtum esse īnsequūtum esse | — |
| future infinitive | īnsecūtūrum esse īnsequūtūrum esse | — |
| present participle | īnsequēns īnsequente, īnsequentem, īnsequentēs, īnsequentī, īnsequentia, īnsequentibus, īnsequentis, īnsequentīs, īnsequentium | — |
| perfect participle | īnsecūtus īnsequūtus, īnsecūta, īnsecūtā, īnsecūtae, īnsecūtam, īnsecūtārum, īnsecūtās, īnsecūte, īnsecūtī, īnsecūtīs, īnsecūtō, īnsecūtōrum, īnsecūtōs | — |
| future participle | īnsecūtūrus īnsequūtūrus, īnsecūtūra, īnsecūtūrā, īnsecūtūrae, īnsecūtūram, īnsecūtūrārum, īnsecūtūrās, īnsecūtūre, īnsecūtūrī, īnsecūtūrīs, īnsecūtūrō, īnsecūtūrōrum, īnsecūtūrōs, īnsecūtūrum | īnsequendus |
gerundīnsequendī, īnsequendō, īnsequendumsupineīnsecūtum, īnsecūtū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- hostes insequi, prosequi
- to pursue the enemy.
- insequenti(e) anno (not sequente)
- in the following year.
- tanta vis frigoris insecuta est, ut
- the frost set in so severely that...
in-sĕquor, cūtus (quūtus), 3,
I. v. dep. n. and a., to follow, to follow after or upon a person or thing (class.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.:
proximus huic, longo sed proximus intervallo Insequitur Salius, Verg. A. 5, 321: fugientem lumine pinum, with her eyes follows the flying ship, Ov. M. 11, 468.—B. In partic., to pursue, follow up, press upon: gens eadem quae te bello Insequitur, Verg. A. 8, 146:
hostem, Curt. 4, 9, 13; 7, 9, 13; Suet. Claud. 1: ad hostem insequendum, Liv. 26, 6, 7: reliquias Troiae cineres atque ossa peremptae, Verg. A. 5, 786: aliquem gladio stricto, Cic. Phil. 2, 9, 21; so Caes. B. G. 1, 15; 1, 23 fin. al.—C. Of time, to follow, succeed (in verb. fin. rare; cf. P. a. infra):
hunc proximo saeculo Themistocles insecutus est, Cic. Brut. 10, 41; Quint. 3, 1, 8.—II. Trop.
A. In gen.:
improborum facta suspicie insequitur, Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50. — B. In partic.
1. To strive after, endeavor:
nec vero te rhetoricis quibusdam libris insequor, ut erudiam, Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 10.— 2. To proceed:
pergam atque insequar longius, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 51.—Poet. with inf.: rursus et alterius lentum convellere vimen Insequor, Verg. A. 3, 32.—3. To overtake:
at mors insecuta est Gracchum, Cic. Div. 2, 29, 62. —4. To pursue in a hostile manner with words, to censure, reproach, etc.:
homines benevolos contumeliā, Cic. Att. 14, 14, 5: irridendo, id. Sest. 11, 25: clamore ac minis, id. Clu. 8, 24: turpitudinem vitae, Cic. Sull. 29, 81: dissimiles, Plin. Pan. 53, 2.— 5. Of order or succession, to follow, come next:
postremam litteram detrahebant, nisi vocalis insequebatur, Cic. Or. 48, 161: praesagium insequentis casus, Suet. Galb. 6.—Hence, insĕquens, entis, P. a., of time, following: annus, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 10; Liv. 2, 18, 1: diei insequentis pars, id. 26, 14, 5: nocte insequenti, Hirt. B. G. 8, 23, 1: anno, Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 259: tempore, Vell. 1, 6: insequentium aetatum principes, Suet. Aug. 31.—2. Of logical order:
ex prioribus geometria probat insequentia, Quint. 1, 10, 37; cf. id. 8, 4, 17 al. — * Adv.: insĕquenter, i. q. protinus, deinceps, thereupon, immediately, Non. 376, 19.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
īn-sequor cūtus (quūtus), ī, dep.,
to follow, follow after, come next: huic, V.: Orphea, H.: fugientem lumine pinum, keep in view, O.—In time, to follow, succeed: hunc proximo saeculo: mea quem aetas Insequitur, approaches, V.—To pursue, follow up, press upon: in abditas regiones sese, S.: cedentes, Cs.: ad hostem insequendum, L.: Reliquias Troiae cineres, V.: illum gladio: iacto semine arva, traverse, V.: ora manibus, keeps striking, O.—Fig., to follow up: improborum facta suspicio insequitur.—To strive after, endeavor: te rhetoricis libris, ut erudiam.—To proceed, go on: pergam atque insequar longius: hunc, prosecute, H.: lentum convellere vimen Insequor, V.—To overtake: at mors insecuta est Gracchum.—Of speech, to pursue, censure, reproach: accusatorem: turpitudinem vitae.—In order, to follow, come next: nisi vocalis insequebatur.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*énu
- Latinīnsequor
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor Proto-Italic *sekʷōr Latin sequor Latin īnsequor From in- (“after”) + sequor (“follow”).
Descendants
- Englishensue
- Frenchensuivre
- Italianinseguire
- Spanishenseguida
- Sicilianassicutari