LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation, deponent

persector

persector (present infinitive persectārī, perfect active persectātus sum)
Classical[pɛrˈsɛk.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[perˈsɛk.tor]

Meaning

  1. deponentto follow or pursue (in order to investigate)

Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.persectorpersectābarpersectābor———
2nd sg.persectāris
persectāre
persectābāris
persectābāre
persectāberis
persectābere
———
3rd sg.persectāturpersectābāturpersectābitur———
1st pl.persectāmurpersectābāmurpersectābimur———
2nd pl.persectāminīpersectābāminīpersectābiminī———
3rd pl.persectanturpersectābanturpersectābuntur———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.persecterpersectārer——
2nd sg.persectēris
persectēre
persectārēris
persectārēre
——
3rd sg.persectēturpersectārētur——
1st pl.persectēmurpersectārēmur——
2nd pl.persectēminīpersectārēminī——
3rd pl.persectenturpersectārentur——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.persectāre—
pres. 2nd pl.persectāminī—
fut. 2nd sg.persectātor—
fut. 3rd sg.persectātor—
fut. 3rd pl.persectantor—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivepersectārī—
perfect infinitivepersectātum esse—
future infinitivepersectātūrum esse—
present participlepersectāns—
perfect participlepersectātus
persectāta, persectātā, persectātae, persectātam, persectātārum, persectātās, persectāte, persectātī, persectātīs, persectātō, persectātōrum, persectātōs
—
future participlepersectātūrus
persectātūra, persectātūrā, persectātūrae, persectātūram, persectātūrārum, persectātūrās, persectātūre, persectātūrī, persectātūrīs, persectātūrō, persectātūrōrum, persectātūrōs, persectātūrum
persectandus
persectanda, persectandā, persectandae, persectandam, persectandārum, persectandās, persectande, persectandīs, persectandōrum, persectandōs
gerundpersectandī, persectandō, persectandumsupinepersectātum, persectātū

persector, āri,
I. v. freq. [persequor], to follow or pursue eagerly, to investigate (ante-class.): persectari hoc volo, Sceledre, nos nostri an alieni simus, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 20; Lucr. 4, 1010: nec persectari primordia singula quaeque, id. 2, 165.

Origins

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 persector From per- + sector.

Quick answers

What does persector mean in Latin?
persector, a verb, means “to follow or pursue (in order to investigate)”.
What are the principal parts of persector?
persector, persectārī, persectātus sum (first conjugation, deponent).
How do you pronounce persector?
In classical Latin, [pɛrˈsɛk.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [perˈsɛk.tor].