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|lshtext=<b>as-sĕquor</b>: (ads-, Fleck., B. and K., Halm), sĕcūtus (or sĕquutus; v. [[sequor]]), 3, v. dep.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[follow]] one in [[order]] to [[come]] up to him, to [[pursue]].<br /> In gen. ([[only]] [[ante]]-[[class]]. in the [[two]] foll. exs.): ne sequere, adsequere, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 73 Müll.: Adsequere, retine, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 89.—Far [[more]] freq.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp., to [[reach]] one by pursuing him: sequendo pervenire ad aliquem: nec [[quicquam]] sequi, [[quod]] adsequi non queas, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—Hence, to [[overtake]], [[come]] up [[with]] a [[person]] or [[thing]] ([[with]] the [[idea]] of [[active]] [[exertion]]; [[while]] consequi designates [[merely]] a [[coming]] up [[with]], a [[meeting]] [[with]] a [[desired]] [[object]], the [[attainment]] of a [[wish]]; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p. 147 sq. According to gen. [[usage]], adsequor is [[found]] [[only]] in [[prose]]; [[but]] [[consequor]] is freq. [[found]] in the poets): si es Romae jam me adsequi non potes, [[sin]] es in viā, cum eris me adsecutus, [[coram]] agemus, Cic. Att. 3, 5; poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 94: Pisonem [[nuntius]] adsequitur, Tac. A. 2, 75.—In the histt. also absol.: ut si viā rectā vestigia sequentes īssent, [[haud]] [[dubie]] adsecuturi fuerint, Liv. 28, 16: in Bruttios [[raptim]], ne [[Gracchus]] adsequeretur, concessit, id. 24, 20: [[nondum]] adsecutā parte suorum, arrived, id. 33, 8; Tac. H. 3, 60.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[gain]], [[obtain]], [[procure]]: eosdem honorum [[gradus]] adsecuti, Cic. Planc. 25, 60: immortalitatem, id. ib. 37, 90: omnes [[magistratus]] [[sine]] repulsā, id. Pis. 1, 2; so Sall. J. 4, 4: [[regnum]], Curt. 4, 6 al.: [[nihil]] [[quicquam]] egregium, Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 134; id. Verr. 2, 1, 57: quā in re [[nihil]] aliud adsequeris, [[nisi]] ut, etc., id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96: adsecutas virtute, ne, etc., Just. 2, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[attain]] to one in [[any]] [[quality]], i. e. to [[come]] up to, to [[equal]], [[match]]; [[more]] freq. in [[regard]] to the [[quality]] itself, to [[attain]] to: [[Sisenna]] Clitarchum velle imitari videtur: quem si adsequi posset, aliquantum ab optimo [[tamen]] abesset, Cic. Leg. 1, 2 fin.: benevolentiam tuam [[erga]] me imitabor, merita non adsequar, id. Fam. 6, 4 fin.; so id. ib. 1, 4 fin.: qui illorum prudentiam, non dicam adsequi, sed quanta fuerit perspicere possint, id. Har. Resp. 9, 18: [[ingenium]] alicujus aliquā ex parte, Plin. Ep. 4, 8, 5: ut [[longitudo]] aut [[plenitudo]] harum multitudinem alterius adsequatur et exaequet, Auct. ad Her. 4, 20.—<br /><b>III</b> Transf. to [[mental]] objects, to [[attain]] to by an [[effort]] of the under [[standing]], to [[comprehend]], [[understand]]: ut essent, qui cogitationem adsequi possent et voluntatem interpretari, Cic. Inv. 2, 47, 139: quibus (ratione et intellegentiā) utimur ad eam rem, ut apertis obscura adsequamur, id. N. D. 3, 15, 38: ut scribas ad me, [[quid]] [[ipse]] conjecturā adsequare, id. Att. 7, 13 A fin.: Quis tot ludibria fortunae ... aut [[animo]] adsequi queat aut oratione complecti? Curt. 4, 16, 10; Sex. Caecil. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 5: [[quid]] [[istuc]] [[sit]], videor [[ferme]] adsequi, Gell. 3, 1, 3: [[visum]] est et mihi adsecuto omnia a [[principio]] [[diligenter]] ex ordine [[tibi]] scribere, Vulg. Luc. 1, 3: adsecutus es meam doctrinam, ib. 2 Tim. 3, 10; ib. 1 Tim. 4, 6.!*? Pass. acc. to Prisc. p. 791 P., [[but]] [[without]] an [[example]]; in Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 73 fin., [[instead]] of the earlier [[reading]], it is [[better]] to [[read]], ut haec [[diligentia]] [[nihil]] eorum investigare, [[nihil]] adsequi potuerit; cf. Zumpt ad h. l., and Gronov. Observ. 1, 12, 107; so also B. and K.