consector
ἁρμονίη ἀφανὴς φανερῆς κρείττων → the hidden attunement is better than the obvious one, invisible connection is stronger than visible, harmony we can't see is stronger than harmony we can, unseen harmony is stronger than what we can see
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
con-sector: ātus, 1,
I v. dep., to follow, pursue, strive after eagerly, both in a good and bad sense.
I Lit., to attend eagerly or continually; to go after a person or thing, etc.
A Prop. (rare): hos consector, his ultro arrideo, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 18: mares, feminas, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 20; cf.: senectam ovium (opp. agnas fastidire), Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 188: angiporta haec, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 137; cf. rivulos, Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 117.— More freq. (esp. in Cic.),
B Trop., to pursue eagerly, to strive after, endeavor to gain; to emulate an example, to imitate, etc.: qui non debita consectari soleant, quod debeatur remissuros, Cic. Att. 13, 23, 3: neque quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum, quia dolor sit, amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, id. Fin. 1, 10, 32: omnes umbras etiam falsae gloriae (corresp. with aucupari inanem rumorem), id. Pis. 24, 57: opes aut potentiam, id. Off. 1, 25, 86: benevolentiam Macedonum largitione, id. ib. 2, 15, 53; id. Leg. 1, 2, 7: verba, id. Caecin. 19, 54: ubertatem orationis, id. Fin. 3, 5, 19: plura (in discourse, opp. comprehendere brevi), id. de Or. 1, 8, 34; Plin. Pan. 75; id. Ep. 5, 6, 43: ista subtilius (in investigating), Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 139: insignia ac paene vitiosa imitando, to imitate, Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 90: vitium de industriā, id. ib. 3, 11, 41: versus Homeri (Maro), Gell. 12, 1, 20.—
II To follow in a hostile manner, to persecule, chase, pursue (most freq. in the histt.): quosdam (latrones) consectatus est et confecit, Cic. Inv. 2, 37, 111: redeuntes equites quos possunt consectantur atque occidunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 58; 3, 26; 4, 14; Nep. Them. 2, 3; Liv. 43, 10, 7; Vell. 2, 19, 2; Tac. Agr. 16; id. A. 4, 24; id. H. 1, 68.— Of the chase, * Lucr. 5, 965; cf. Liv. 21, 43, 8; 41, 9, 6: Fuflum clamoribus et convitiis et sibilis, Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 2: victos implacabili odio, Tac. H. 4, 1.—
B Trop., of things omnia me mala consectantur, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 7.!*? In pass. signif.: uxorem tuam a populo lapidibus consectari video (διώκεσθαι), to be persecuted, Laber. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.
