verbthird conjugation, deponent
sequor
sequor (present infinitive sequī, perfect active secūtus sum or sequūtus sum)
Classical[ˈsɛ.kʷɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɛː.kʷor]
sequēns pres. act. ptcp.№ 108 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- deponentwith accusativeto follow, to come or go after, to pursue
Cēdāmus Phoebō et monitī meliōra sequāmur.
Let us yield to Phoebus, and having been warned follow better things.29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 3.188Video meliora proboque, deteriora sequor.
I see, and I desire the better: I follow the worse.8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 7.20 - deponentto accede or conform to, follow, comply with
“Īliacās igitur classēs atque ultima Teucrum / iussa sequar? [...].” Dido asks herself: “Should I then follow the Ilian ships and [accede to] the utmost Teucrian orders?” (The dual meaning for “sequar” exemplifies zeugma. People from Ilium, descendants of King Teucer = The Trojans.)
29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.537–538 - deponentto attend, accompany
- deponentto succeed (i.e., follow in position)
- deponentthird personto follow, ensue
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
post eum eō quī ante it; canis dominum sequitur.sequor -ī secūtus — in Mille Verba, ch. Via et Iter
post aliquem eōsequor -ī — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 7, Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 2, 4 and Metamorphoses I, †
let us follow
sequāmur — in Seneca, ch. IV
follows
sequitur — in Seneca, ch. IV
Conjugation conjugation 3 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | sequor | sequēbar | sequar | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | sequeris sequere | sequēbāris sequēbāre | sequēris sequēre | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | sequitur | sequēbātur | sequētur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | sequimur | sequēbāmur | sequēmur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | sequiminī | sequēbāminī | sequēminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | sequuntur | sequēbantur | sequentur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | sequar | sequerer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | sequāris sequāre | sequerēris sequerēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | sequātur | sequerētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | sequāmur | sequerēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | sequāminī | sequerēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | sequantur | sequerentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | sequere | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | sequiminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | sequitor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | sequitor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | sequuntor | — |
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | sequī | — |
| perfect infinitive | secūtum esse sequūtum esse | — |
| future infinitive | secūtūrum esse sequūtūrum esse | — |
| present participle | sequēns sequente, sequentem, sequentēs, sequentī, sequentia, sequentibus, sequentis, sequentīs, sequentium | — |
| perfect participle | secūtus sequūtus, secūta, secūtā, secūtae, secūtam, secūtārum, secūtās, secūte, secūtī, secūtīs, secūtō, secūtōrum, secūtōs | — |
| future participle | secūtūrus sequūtūrus, secūtūra, secūtūrā, secūtūrae, secūtūram, secūtūrārum, secūtūrās, secūtūre, secūtūrī, secūtūrīs, secūtūrō, secūtūrōrum, secūtūrōs, secūtūrum | sequendus sequenda, sequendā, sequendae, sequendam, sequendārum, sequendās, sequende, sequendīs, sequendōrum, sequendōs |
gerundsequendī, sequendō, sequendumsupinesecūtum, secūtū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- id sequor, ut
- my intention is...
- neutram partem sequi
- to be neutral.
- otium sequi, amplexari
- to be a lover of ease, leisure.
- auctoritatem alicuius sequi
- to be guided by another's example.
- probabilia coniectura sequi
- to try to conjecture probabilities.
- sequitur (not ex quo seq.) ut
- it follows from this that...
- certas rationes in agendo sequi
- to follow fixed principles of conduct.
- sectam alicuius sequi (Brut. 31. 120)
- to be a follower, disciple of some one.
7 more phrases
- virtutem sequi, virtutis studiosum esse
- to strive to attain virtue.
- alicuius partes (causam) or simply aliquem sequi
- to embrace the cause of..., be a partisan of...
- signa sequi (opp. a signis discedere, signa relinquere)
- to follow the standards.
- ad alicuius sententiam accedere, sententiam alicuius sequi
- to adopt some one's opinion.
- gratiam alicuius sibi quaerere, sequi, more strongly aucupari
- to court a person's favour; to ingratiate oneself with...
- vestigia alicuius sequi, persequi or vestigiis aliquem sequi, persequi
- to follow in any one's steps.
- verba ac litteras or scriptum (legis) sequi (opp. sententia the spirit)
- to hold by the letter (of the law).
sĕquor, sĕcūtus (also written sequutus;
I. gen. plur. part. sync. sequentūm, Verg. G. 3, 111), 3, v. dep. (act. collat. form sĕquo, acc. to Gell. 18, 9, 8 sq.; and Prisc. p. 799 P.) [Sanscr. sak-, to follow; sakis, friend; Gr. ἕπομαι, ἕπω; cf. Lat. socius], to follow, to come or go after, to follow after, attend.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.
(a). With acc.:
i, jam sequor te, mater, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 16: neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes, id. Merc. 2, 3, 69 sq.: qui ex urbe amicitiae causā Caesarem secuti, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 7, 50; Hor. S. 1, 6, 108: ne sequerer moechas, id. ib. 1, 4, 113: vallem, Liv. 32, 6, 5: pars pressa sequuntur Signa pedum, Ov. M. 8, 332: vestigia alicujus, id. ib. 4, 514; 9, 639; 10, 710 et saep.—(b). Absol. (so most freq. in Plaut.):
abi prae, jam ego sequar, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 69: Di. Sequere intro. Pa. Sequor, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 64; 5, 2, 90; id. Aul. 2, 5, 23 et saep.: quisnam est, qui sequitur procul? id. Poen. 3, 3, 6: funus interim procedit: sequimur: ad sepulcrum venimus, Ter. And. 1, 1, 101: curriculo sequi, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12: Helvetii cum omnibus suis carris secuti, Caes. B. G. 1, 24: si nemo sequatur, tamen, etc., id. ib. 1, 40 fin.: servi sequentes, Hor. S. 1, 6, 78: hos falcati currus sequebantur, Curt. 4, 12, 6: hos aliae gentes sequebantur, id. 4, 12, 9.—b. Of things:
magna multitudo carrorum sequi Gallos consuevit, Hirt. B. G. 8, 14: neque Ulla (arbor) brevem dominum sequetur, Hor. C. 2, 14, 24: zonā bene te secutā, id. ib. 3, 27, 59.—B. In partic.
1. To follow in a hostile manner; to chase, pursue:
hostes sequitur, Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.: hostem, Ov. M. 13, 548: fugacem, Hor. S. 2, 7, 115: feras, Ov. M. 2, 498: nudo genitas Pandione ferro, id. ib. 6, 666; cf.: hostem pilo, Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.—Absol.: finem sequendi facere, Caes. B. G. 7, 47; 7, 68 Oud. N. cr.—2. To follow in time or order; to succeed, come after (esp. freq. in part. pres.): aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):
sequens annus, Hirt. B. G. 8, 50: sequente anno, Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170: secuto die, id. 13, 22, 43, § 126: secuta aetas, id. 6, 23, 26, § 101: sequenti senatu, Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1: secuturo Phoebo, Luc. 2, 528: sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romanā Caudinā pax, Liv. 9, 1 et saep.: ne secutis quidem diebus Claudius ullius humani affectūs signa dedit, Tac. A. 11, 38: Africanus sequens, i. e. minor, Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211.— (b). With the notion of cause implied, to follow, result, ensue:
ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur, Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: increpuit; sequitur clamor, Verg. A. 9, 504: tonitrum secuti nimbi, Ov. M. 14, 542: lacrimae sunt verba secutae, id. ib. 9, 780: nisi forte sic loqui paenitet, Quā tempestate Paris Helenam et quae sequuntur, and so on, and so forth, Cic. Or. 49, 164; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; 3, 19, 44.—3. Of a possession or inheritance, to follow, i. e. to fall to the share of any one:
ut belli praeda Romanos, ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequerentur, Liv. 33, 13, 10: ut victorem res sequeretur, id. 28, 21, 5: si quis mortuos est Arpinatis, ejus heredem sacra non secuntur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—Abbreviated on monuments, H. M. H. N. S.: heredem monumentum, Hor. S. 1, 8, 13: heredem possessio, Plin. 9, 35, 60, § 124: quo minus gloriam petebat, eo magis illum sequebatur, Sall. C. 54 fin.; v. Fabri ad h. l.; and cf.: sequi gloria, non appeti debet, Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—4. To go towards or to a place:
Formias nunc sequimur, Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: Epirum, Cyzicum, id. ib. 3, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 49: Italiam, Verg. A. 4, 361; 4, 381; 5, 629: Itala regna, Ov. H. 7, 10; id. F. 6, 109; Val. Fl. 1, 3.—5. Pregn., to follow the hand in plucking or pulling; to come off or away, come out; to come easily, come of itself:
herbae dum tenerae sunt vellendae: aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur, Varr. R. R. 1, 47; cf.: oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas, Cic. Or. 16, 52; and: nihil est tam tenerum neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio, id. de Or. 3, 45, 176: ipse (ramus) volens facilisque sequetur, Si te fata vocant, Verg. A. 6, 146: cum scrutantes, quae vellant, telum non sequitur, Liv. 38, 21, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.: jamque secuta manum nullo cogente sagitta Excidit, Verg. A. 12, 423; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 113: trahit ille manu sine custode lignum: Id quoque vix sequitur, Ov. M. 12, 372; cf.: cera mollis sequensque digitos, yielding to, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 11.II. Trop.
A. In gen., to follow, succeed, result, ensue (usu. of an immediate consequence;
consequor, usu. of one more remote): si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc., Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: patrem sequuntur liberi, succeed to the rank or condition of their father, Liv. 4, 4 fin.: quoniam hanc (Caesar) in re publicā viam, quae popularis habetur, secutus est, Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9: damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur, to befall, Caes. B. G. 1, 4: modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur, should ensue, Cic. Lael. 17, 61: dispares mores disparia studia sequuntur, id. ib. 20, 74: post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo, id. Att. 4, 2, 2: post gloriam invidiam sequi. Sall. J. 55, 3: an mediocre discrimen opinionis secuturum ex hac re putatis, Liv. 5, 6, 7. —B. In partic.
1. To follow (as a leader) an authority, a party, an example, a plan, etc.; to follow in the track of; to comply with, accede to, conform to: sequi naturam, optimam bene vivendi ducem, Cic. Lael. 5, 19; cf. id. ib. 12, 42:
sequamur potissimum Polybium nostrum, id. Rep. 2, 14, 27: eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales, Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16; so, sectam, Cic. Fl. 41, 104; id. Sest. 45, 97; Liv. 8, 19, 10 al. (v. secta): Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est ... hunc post mortem secuti amici, etc., Cic. Lael. 12, 41: amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi, id. ib. 12, 43: auctoritatem et consilium alicujus, id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; so (with obtemperare voluntati) Caes. B. C. 1, 35: sententiam Scipionis, id. ib. 1, 2: vos vestrumque factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta, have followed, imitated, id. ib. 2, 32: haec qui dicunt, quam rationem sequantur, vides, Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17: novum quoddam et subagreste consilium, id. Rep. 2, 7, 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 51: Pompeio esse in animo, rei publicae non deesse, si senatus sequatur, Caes. B. C. 1, 1 fin.: arma victricia, Verg. A. 3, 54.—Of an auditor, to follow an orator or a speech: quos more prisco apud judicem fabulantes non auditores sequuntur, non populus audit, Tac. Or. 23: non lingua valet, non corpore notae Sufficiunt vires, nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. attend or obey the will, Verg. A. 12, 912; cf.: si modo verba sequantur, Ov. M. 1, 647. —Esp. milit. t. t.: signa sequi, to march in rank, Sall. J. 80, 2; Curt. 3, 2, 13.—2. To follow or pursue an end or object; to strive for, aim at, seek to attain:
eam (sc. utilitatem), Cic. Lael. 27, 100: justitiam, id. Rep. 3, 11, 18: otium ac tranquillitatem vitae, id. Mur. 27, 55: amoenitatem et salubritatem, id. Leg. 2, 1, 3: matris commodum, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31: lites, id. And. 4, 5, 16; id. Ad. 2, 2, 40: gratiam Caesaris, Caes. B. C. 1, 1: linguam et nomen, Liv. 31, 7: mercedes, Hor. S. 1, 6, 87: quae nocuere (opp. fugere), id. Ep. 1, 8, 11; cf.: nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit, id. ib. 1, 1, 72: ferro extrema, Verg. A. 6, 457: fidem, Vell. 2, 107, 2.—With inf.: plurisque sequor disponere causas, Lucr. 5, 529.—3. In discourse, to follow in order or sequence; to come next in order, to succeed:
sequitur is (rex), qui, etc., Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37: sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc., id. Fin. 3, 16, 55: haec sint dicta de aëre. Sequitur terra, cui, etc., Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154: ac de primā quidem parte satis dictum est. Sequitur, ut doceam, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 80 sq.— With inf.: sequitur videre de eo, quod, etc., Dig. 45, 1, 91, § 3; 41, 3, 4.—4. In logical conclusions, to follow, ensue; with subject-clause:
nec si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico, esse causas immutabiles, etc., Cic. Fat. 12, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21.—With ut: si haec enuntiatio vera non est, sequitur, ut falsa sit, Cic. Fat. 12, 28; 5, 9; 10, 22; id. Fin. 2, 8, 24; 3, 7, 26: sequitur igitur ut, etc., id. Tusc. 5, 18, 53; id. Par. 3, 1, 22: sequitur ergo ut, etc., Curt. 7, 1, 40; Quint. 3, 8, 23; 3, 11, 17; 6, 5, 8 al.—5. To follow or come naturally or easily; to be obtained without effort:
tantum hominis valuit exercitatio ut, cum se mente ac voluntate, conjecisset in versum, verba sequerentur, Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194 Sorof ad loc.: non quaesitum esse numerum, sed secutum, id. Or. 49, 165: lingua tacet nec vox tentataque verba sequuntur, Ov. M. 11, 326; 1, 647; Stat. Th. 11, 602: verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur, Hor. A. P. 311: sed non omnia nos ducentes e Graeco sequuntur, Quint. 2, 14, 1: laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur, id. 10, 2, 27; 8, prooem. § 8; 8, 6, 24: sequi gloria, non appeti debet, Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—Hence, sĕquens, entis, P. a., next, next following in order (cf.: proximus, posterior; not in Cic. or Cæs.): prius illud ... hoc sequens, Quint. 5, 10, 42: reliqua morborum genera sequenti dicemus volumine, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 143.—Esp., with designations of time: sequenti tempore, Nep. Thras. 4, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 52; Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 38: sequenti die, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 1; Suet. Ner. 15; Liv. 23, 36, 7: sequente anno, id. 3, 31, 2: sequenti nocte, Suet. Aug. 94; so also Curt. 4, 7, 10; Tac. A. 2, 53; Col. 4, 15, 3; 4, 21, 3; 4, 27, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189; 30, 8, 21, § 66; 17, 22. 35, § 178; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6; 5, 12, 1; 6, 31, 3: Suilium mox sequens aetas vidit praepotentem, the next generation, Tac. A. 4, 31 qui praesenti potentiā credunt exstingui posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam, Tac. A. 4, 35.—As subst., used by some for ἐπίθετον, an epithet, acc. to Quintilian; as, dentes albi, umida vina ... o scelus abominandum, etc., Quint. 8, 6, 40.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sequor (P. praes. gen. plur. sequentūm, V.), secūtus (-quūtus), ī, dep.
SEC-, to follow, come after, follow after, attend, accompany : I prae, sequor, T.: cum omnibus suis carris, Cs.: servi sequentes, H.: hos falcati currūs sequebantur, Cu.: me intro hac, T.: signa, to march , S.: Ne sequerer moechas, H.: vallem, L.: scrutantīs quā evellant telum non sequitur, i. e. cannot be drawn out , L.: trahit manu lignum; Id vix sequitur, O.: zonā bene te secutā, i. e. which you fortunately have worn , H.— To follow, succeed, come after, come next : sequitur hunc annum Caudina pax, L.: ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequuntur: tonitrum secuti nimbi, O.: quae sequuntur, and so forth : sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.— To go to, seek, be bound for, have for a destination : Formias nunc sequimur: loca, Cs.: Italiam, V.: Rura, O.— To follow, chase, pursue : finem sequendi, Cs.: facere: hanc pestem agmen sequebatur: hostīs, Cs.: (te) fugacem, H.: feras, O.— To follow, fall to the share of, belong to : ut urbes captae Aetolos sequerentur, L.: heredes monumentum ne sequeretur, H.: quo minus petebat gloriam, eo magis illa sequebatur, S.—Fig., to follow, succeed, result, ensue : si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.: patrem sequuntur liberi, take the rank of , L.: damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut, etc., to befall , Cs.: modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur, ensue : ex hac re, L.— To follow, take as guide, comply with, accede to, obey, imitate, adopt, conform to : sententiam Scipionis, Cs.: vos vestrum<*> que factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta, have imitated , Cs.: Crassi auctoritatem: quid? iudices non crimina, non testīs sequentur? shall be influenced by : naturam: victricia arma, V.: me auctorem: non lingua valet . . . nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. obey the will , V.— To follow, pursue, strive after, aim at, seek : iustitiam: amoenitatem: Caesaris gratiam, Cs.: linguam et nomen, L.: Mercedes, H.: ferro extrema, V.—Of an inference, to follow, be proved : ut sequatur vitam beatam virtute confici: hoc sequitur, ut familia Tulli concidi oportuerit?: non enim sequitur, ut, etc.— To follow naturally, come easily, be readily controlled, be obtained without effort : oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas: nihil est quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio: Verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur, H.
Origins
Inherited from Proto-Italic *sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor, from *sekʷ- (“to follow”). The perfect participle secūtus must have been created innovatively as a replacement for the more archaic participle *sekʷtos, which is the source of sector (“to follow continually”). The impetus for the remodeling was perhaps the analogical pressure of the participles to other uō-verbs, such as minūtus. Alternatively, Leppänen suggests that this reshaping occurred so as to avoid homophony with sectus. Cognates include Sanskrit सचते (sácate), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬉 (hacaitē) and Ancient Greek ἕπομαι (hépomai).
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanseguir
- Occitanseguir
- Occitansègre
- Franco-Provençalsiuvre
- Old Frenchsiure
- Old Frenchsivre
Insular Romance
- Sardiniansichire
- Sardiniansighire
- Galluresesighì
- Sassaresesighì
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianseguire
- Englishseguefrom Italian seguire
- Corsicanseguì
- Istriotsigueî
Ibero-Romance
- Portugueseseguirfrom Old Galician-Portuguese seguir
- Spanishseguir
- Galicianseguirfrom Old Galician-Portuguese seguir
- Macaneseseguífrom Old Galician-Portuguese seguir
- Papiamentusiguifrom Old Galician-Portuguese seguir
Elsewhere
- Italianseguitarefrom Vulgar Latin *sequitare
- Corsicanseguitàfrom Vulgar Latin *sequitare
- Neapolitanseguitàfrom Vulgar Latin *sequitare
- Siciliansicutarifrom Vulgar Latin *sequitare
Borrowings
- Esperantosekvi
- Idosequar