LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

sector1

sector m (genitive sectōris, feminine sectrīx)

Meaning

  1. masculinecutter (one who cuts or cuts off)
  2. masculinepurchaser or bidder (someone who buys or attempts to buy at a sale of confiscated goods)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesectorsectōrēs
genitivesectōrissectōrum
dativesectōrīsectōribus
accusativesectōremsectōrēs
ablativesectōresectōribus
vocativesectorsectōrēs

sector, ōris, m. id.,
I. one who cuts or cuts off, a cutter (rare but class.).
I. Lit.: zonarius, a cutpurse, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 20: collorum, a cutthroat, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80 (v. II.); so id. ib. 31 fin.: feni, a haycutter, mower, Col. 11, 1, 12.—
II. Publicists' t. t., a bidder, purchaser at a public sale of goods captured or confiscated by the State (cf. quadruplator): sectores vocantur qui publica bona mercantur, Dig. 4, 146: cum de bonis et de caede agatur, testimonium dicturus est is, qui et sector est et sicarius: hoc est, qui et illorum ipsorum bonorum, de quibus agitur, emptor atque possessor est et eum hominem occidendum curavit, de cujus morte quaeritur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 103: sector sis, id. Phil. 2, 26, 65: Pompeii (sc. bonorum), id. ib. 13, 14, 30; Crassus ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 3: ubique hasta et sector, Tac. H. 1, 20: hastae subjecit tabernas, nec sector inventus est, Flor. 2, 6, 48; Pacat. Pan. Theod. 25, 28; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 496; cf. Ps.-Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 52, p. 172, and 2, 1, 23, § 61, p. 177 Orell.—In a double sense, with the signif. I.: nescimus per ista tempora eosdem fere sectores fuisse collorum et bonorum? cutthroats and cutpurses, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80. —*
B. Trop.: hinc rapti pretio fasces sectorque favoris Ipse sui populus, seller of his favor, Luc. 1, 178.—
III. Geometrical t. t., the sector of a circle, that part of a circle included between any two radii and an arc, Boëth. Art. Geom. p. 379, 13.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*sekaō
  4. Latinsector

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin sector From secō (“cut, cut off”) + -tor.

Elsewhere
  • Catalansector
  • Englishsector
  • Frenchsecteur
  • Romaniansectorfrom French secteur
  • GermanSektor
  • Italiansettore
  • Occitansector
  • Portuguesesetor
  • Spanishsector
  • Belarusianсе́ктaр
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friuliansetor
  • Ladinsetor
  • Ladinsetour
  • Ladinsetou
  • Ladinsetú
Gallo-Italic
  • Piedmontesesèitor
  • Piedmontesesaitor
verbfirst conjugation, deponent
sector2
sector (present infinitive sectārī or sectārier, perfect active sectātus sum)

Meaning

  1. deponentto follow continually, attend, accompany
  2. deponentto follow after, pursue, chase
  3. deponentto seek after/out

Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.sectorsectābarsectābor———
2nd sg.sectāris
sectāre		sectābāris
sectābāre		sectāberis
sectābere		———
3rd sg.sectātursectābātursectābitur———
1st pl.sectāmursectābāmursectābimur———
2nd pl.sectāminīsectābāminīsectābiminī———
3rd pl.sectantursectābantursectābuntur———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.sectersectārer——
2nd sg.sectēris
sectēre		sectārēris
sectārēre		——
3rd sg.sectētursectārētur——
1st pl.sectēmursectārēmur——
2nd pl.sectēminīsectārēminī——
3rd pl.sectentursectārentur——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.sectāre—
pres. 2nd pl.sectāminī—
fut. 2nd sg.sectātor—
fut. 3rd sg.sectātor—
fut. 3rd pl.sectantor—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivesectārī
sectārier		—
perfect infinitivesectātum esse—
future infinitivesectātūrum esse—
present participlesectāns—
perfect participlesectātus
sectāta, sectātā, sectātae, sectātam, sectātārum, sectātās, sectāte, sectātī, sectātīs, sectātō, sectātōrum, sectātōs		—
future participlesectātūrus
sectātūra, sectātūrā, sectātūrae, sectātūram, sectātūrārum, sectātūrās, sectātūre, sectātūrī, sectātūrīs, sectātūrō, sectātūrōrum, sectātūrōs, sectātūrum		sectandus
gerundsectandī, sectandō, sectandumsupinesectātum, sectātū

sector, ātus, 1 (
I. inf. sectarier, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 13; id. Rud. 1, 2, 57; Hor. S. 1, 2, 78), v. dep. freq. a. [sequor], to follow continually or eagerly, in a good or bad sense; to run after, attend, accompany; to follow after, chase, pursue (freq. and class.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: equidem te jam sector quintum hunc annum, Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 5: servum misi, qui sectari solet meum gnatum, id. Ep. 3, 4, 50: Chrysogonum (servi), Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 77: praetorem circum omnia fora, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169: si mercede conducti obviam candidatis issent, si conducti sectarentur, id. Mur. 32, 67: at sectabuntur multi, id. ib. 33, 70: neque te quisquam stipator Praeter Crispinum sectabitur, Hor. S. 1, 3, 139: equitum manus quae regem ex more sectatur, Tac. A. 15, 2; 15, 33 fin.; Gell. 20, 6, 1 et saep.: mulieres sectarier, to run after, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 13; 3, 1, 183; cf.: desine matronas sectarier, Hor. S. 1, 2, 78: ipse suas sectatur oves, at filius agnos, accompanies, guards, Tib. 1, 10, 41: aratrum, to follow the plough, id. 2, 3, 7: canes, to follow the hounds (that hunt on before), Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 14: aliquem, to run after, pursue, Plaut. Cist. 2, 2, 1: servum, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 6, 3: homo ridicule insanus, qui ejusmodi est, ut eum pueri sectentur, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148: ne scuticā dignum horribili sectere flagello, Hor. S. 1, 3, 119: exagitet nostros Manes sectetur et umbras, etc., Prop. 2, 8, 19 (2, 8 b, 19).— To visit a place gladly, to frequent: gymnasia, Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 6.—Absol.: homo coepit me obsecrare, Ut sibi liceret discere id de me: sectari jussi (alluding to the train of followers who accompanied the ancient philosophers), Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 31; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 36: at sectabantur multi ... Quid opus est sectatoribus? (of the train of a candidate) Cic. Mur. 34, 71.—
B. In partic., to pursue, chase, hunt animals: sues silvaticos in montibus, Varr. ap. Non. 555, 31: sectaris apros, Verg. E. 3, 75: gallinam, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 7: simiam, id. ib. 2, 2, 24; 2, 2, 106; 2, 3, 13 sq.; 2, 6, 25: leporem, Hor. S. 1, 2, 106; 2, 2, 9 et saep.: cervam videre fugere, sectari canes, Ter. Phorm. prol. 7.—
II. Trop., to follow or strive after; to pursue eagerly (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic.): quid vos hanc miseram ac tenuem sectamini praedam? * Caes. B. G. 6, 35; so, praedam, Tac. A. 1, 65: facinora, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28: lites, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 61: nomina tironum, Hor. S. 1, 2, 16: sectantem levia nervi Deficiunt, id. A. P. 26: gymnasia aut porticus, Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 6: omnes dicendi Veneres, Quint. 10, 1, 79; cf.: quas figuras, id. 9, 3, 100: voluptatem, id. 10, 1, 28: eminentes virtutes, to seek out, Tac. A. 1, 80: contumaciam sententiarum, habitum vultumque ejus, to seek to imitate, id. ib. 16, 22: praecepta salubria, Suet. Aug. 89: commoda, id. ib. 25: luxuriosa convivia, Just. 11, 10, 2: in alienis eripiendis vitam sectari, id. 27, 2, 8. —
(b). With a rel. or subj.-clause, to hunt or track out, busy one's self: mitte sectari, rosa quo locorum Sera moretur, Hor. C. 1, 38, 3: non ut omnia dicerem sectatus, sed ut maxime necessaria, Quint. 1, 10, 1.?*! In a pass. signif.: qui vellet se a cane sectari, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 6.

Origins

Denominative verb formed from Proto-Italic *sekʷtos + -or. The pre-form *sekʷtos was the originally perfect passive participle of *sekʷōr (“to follow”).

Quick answers

What does sector mean in Latin?
sector, a noun, means “cutter (one who cuts or cuts off); purchaser or bidder (someone who buys or attempts to buy at a sale of confiscated goods)”.
What is the genitive of sector?
The genitive singular is sectōris. sector is masculine, third declension.
Where does sector come from?
Proto-Indo-European *sek- → Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti → Proto-Italic *sekaō → Latin sector.