persector

Ὥσπερ οἱ ἐρωτικοὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αἰσθήσει καλῶν ὁδῷ προϊόντες ἐπ' αὐτὴν καταντῶσι τὴν μίαν τῶν καλῶν πάντων καὶ νοητῶν ἀρχήν → Just as lovers systematically leave behind what is fair to sensation and attain the one true source of all that is fair and intelligible

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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.

persector,¹⁵ ātus sum, ārī, tr.,
1 poursuivre sans relâche : Lucr. 4, 1000
2 rechercher avec soin : Pl. Mil. 430 ; Lucr. 2, 166.