insequor

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“after”) +‎ sequor (“follow”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.se.kʷor/, [ˈĩːs̠ɛkʷɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.se.kwor/, [ˈinsekwor]

Verb

īnsequor (present infinitive īnsequī, perfect active īnsecūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to follow, follow after or upon someone or something; pursue, follow up, press upon; attack, chase

   Synonyms: persequor, sequor, cōnsequor, exsequor, īnsector, excipiō

   • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata V.83:

     Insequeris, fugio; fugis, insequor

     You pursue, I flee; you flee, I pursue

2. to proceed, go on
3. (of time) to follow, succeed

   Synonym: excipiō

4. (of order) to follow, come next
5. to strive after, endeavour

   Synonyms: ēlabōrō, lūctor, certō, nītor, ēnītor, cōnītor, appetō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, studeō, contendō, adnītor, labōrō, pugnō, molior, perīclitor, spectō

6. to censure, reproach, persecute, inveigh

Conjugation

Conjugation of īnsequor (third conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnsequor	īnsequeris, īnsequere	īnsequitur	īnsequimur	īnsequiminī	īnsequuntur
	imperfect	īnsequēbar	īnsequēbāris, īnsequēbāre	īnsequēbātur	īnsequēbāmur	īnsequēbāminī	īnsequēbantur
	future	īnsequar	īnsequēris, īnsequēre	īnsequētur	īnsequēmur	īnsequēminī	īnsequentur
	perfect	īnsecūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	īnsecūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	īnsecūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnsequar	īnsequāris, īnsequāre	īnsequātur	īnsequāmur	īnsequāminī	īnsequantur
	imperfect	īnsequerer	īnsequerēris, īnsequerēre	īnsequerētur	īnsequerēmur	īnsequerēminī	īnsequerentur
	perfect	īnsecūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	īnsecūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	īnsequere	—	—	īnsequiminī	—
	future	—	īnsequitor	īnsequitor	—	—	īnsequuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		īnsequī	īnsecūtum esse	īnsecūtūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		īnsequēns	īnsecūtus	īnsecūtūrus	—	—	īnsequendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		īnsequendī	īnsequendō	īnsequendum	īnsequendō	īnsecūtum	īnsecūtū

Derived terms

• īnsecūtiō
• īnsecūtor
• īnsequēns
• īnsequenter

Related terms

• assequor
• cōnsequor
• exsequor
• obsequor
• persequor
• prōsequor
• resequor
• sequor
• subsequor

Descendants

• English: ensue (via Old French)
• French: ensuivre
• Italian: inseguire
• Sicilian: assicutari
• Spanish: enseguida

References

1. Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN, page 242

Further reading

• “insequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “insequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• insequor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to pursue the enemy: hostes insequi, prosequi