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|lshtext=<b>con-sĕquor</b>: sĕcūtus (or sĕquūtus; v. [[sequor]]), 3,<br /><b>I</b> v. dep. a.<br /><b>I</b> To [[follow]], [[follow]] up, [[press]] [[upon]], go [[after]], [[attend]], [[accompany]], [[pursue]] [[any]] [[person]] or [[thing]] ([[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]); constr. [[with]] acc. or absol.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen. ([[rare]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc.: consecutus est me [[usque]] ad fores, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 93: me [[continuo]], id. Am. 3, 1, 20: te tam [[strenue]], id. Rud. 2, 6, 9: [[prope]] nos, id. ib. 4, 3, 11; cf.: litteras suas [[prope]], Liv. 41, 10, 12: vocem gradu, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 21.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: ita vos [[decet]]; Consequimini, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 22: hic se conjecit [[intro]]: ego [[consequor]], Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 36: ego rectā [[consequor]], id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; Nep. Them. 7, 2: comitibus non consecutis, [[without]] attendants, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> To [[follow]] [[after]] or [[pursue]] in a [[hostile]] [[manner]]: reliquas copias Helvetiorum, Caes. B. G. 1, 13: reliquos, id. ib. 1, 53: consequuntur equites nostri, ut erat [[praeceptum]], Auct. B. G. 8, 27: consecutis [[strenue]] hostibus, Curt. 5, 4, 34: fugientem (Servium), Liv. 1, 48, 4.—Absol.: ita mihi videntur omnia, [[mare]], [[terra]], [[caelum]] consequi, ut, etc., Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 3 Fleck. Codd. (Ussing, concoqui).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> To [[follow]], [[come]] [[after]], in [[time]]: hunc Cethegum consecutus est aetate [[Cato]], Cic. Brut. 15, 61: Sallustium ([[Livius]], etc.), Vell. 2, 36, 3: has tam prosperas res consecuta est subita [[mutatio]], Nep. [[Dion]], 6, 1; cf. id. Cim. 3, 2: si haec in eum annum qui consequitur redundarint, Cic. Mur. 39, 85; cf.: omnes anni consequentes, id. Sen. 6, 19: [[tempus]], id. Fin. 1, 20, 67: reliquis consecutis diebus, id. Phil. 1, 13, 32: ejusmodi tempora [[post]] tuam profectionem consecuta esse, id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 1; Auct. Her. 2, 5, 8: haec cum [[Crassus]] dixisset, [[silentium]] est consecutum. Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 160; cf. id. ib. 3, 2, 6; id. Tusc. 4, 8, 19: hominem consequitur [[aliquando]], [[numquam]] comitatur [[divinitas]], i. e. [[after]] [[death]], Curt. 8, 5, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen. ([[rare]]): minas jam [[decem]] habet a me [[filia]] ... Hasce ornamentis consequentur alterae, Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 9: his diebus, quae praeterita erunt superiore mense, [[opera]] consequi [[oportet]], to [[make]] up, Col. 11, 2, 90.—Far [[more]] freq.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> To [[follow]] a [[model]], [[copy]], an [[authority]], [[example]], [[opinion]], etc.; to [[imitate]], [[adopt]], [[obey]], etc.: Chrysippum [[Diogenes]] [[consequens]] partum Jovis dejungit a fabulā, Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 41: eum morem, id. Leg. 2, 7, 18: alicujus sententiam, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 13: [[necesse]]'st consilia consequi consimilia, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 35; so, sententias (principum), Cic. Cat. 3, 6, 13: suum quoddam [[institutum]], id. Off. 1, 32, 116: exilitatem, id. Brut. 82, 284: mediam consilii viam, Liv. 24, 45, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> To [[follow]] a [[preceding]] [[cause]] as an [[effect]], to [[ensue]], [[result]], to be the [[consequence]], to [[arise]] or [[proceed]] from: rebus ab ipsis Consequitur [[sensus]], Lucr. 1, 461; 3, 929; 4, 867; cf. id. 3, 477: ex quo [[fit]] ut pudorem [[rubor]], terrorem [[pallor]] et [[tremor]] consequatur, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19: [[quam]] eorum opinionem magni errores consecuti sunt, id. ib. 1, 16, 36: [[quod]] [[dictum]] magna [[invidia]] consecuta est, Nep. [[Dion]], 6, 4: ex quo illud naturā consequi, ut communem utilitatem nostrae anteponamus, Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 64; Quint. 6, 3, 44; 2, 3, 2: [[quia]] libertatem pax consequebatur, Cic. Phil. 1, 13, 32.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of a [[logical]] [[sequence]], to [[follow]]: si [[quod]] [[primum]] in conexo est, necessarium est, [[fit]] [[etiam]] [[quod]] consequitur necessarium, Cic. Fat. 7, 14; 5, 9; cf. under P. a.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]]. ([[causa]] pro effectu), by [[following]] [[after]] [[any]] [[person]] or [[thing]], to [[reach]], [[overtake]], [[come]] up [[with]], [[attain]] to, [[arrive]] at.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc.: si [[statim]] navigas, nos Leucade consequere, Cic. Fam. 16, 1, 2: aliquem in itinere, id. Inv. 2, 4, 15; [[Pompeius]] ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, A, § 3: fugientem, Liv. 1, 48, 4; Curt. 4, 9, 25; Dig. 42, 8, 10, § 16; cf. Verg. A. 11, 722: cohortes, Suet. Caes. 31: virum, Ov. M. 10, 672: rates, id. ib. 8, 143 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: si adcelerare volent, ad vesperam consequentur, Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 6: [[prius]] [[quam]] [[alter]], qui nec [[procul]] aberat, consequi posset, Liv. 1, 25, 10: [[Fabius]] equites praemittit, ut ... [[agmen]] morarentur dum consequeretur [[ipse]], Auct. B. G. 8, 28 init.: [[interim]] reliqui legati sunt consecuti, came up, Nep. Them. 7, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., to [[reach]], [[overtake]], [[obtain]] (cf. [[assequor]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ingen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> With things as objects (so [[most]] freq.), to [[obtain]], [[acquire]], [[get]], [[attain]], [[reach]]: ut [[opes]] [[quam]] maximas consequantur, Cic. Off. 1, 19, 64; cf. quaestum, id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34: amplissimos honores, id. Planc. 5, 13: magistratum, id. ib. 25, 60: eam rem (i. e. regna), Caes. B. G. 2, 1: dum sua [[quisque]] spolia consequi studet, Curt. 4, 9, 19.—With ab: nec dubitat [[quin]] ego a te nutu hoc consequi possem, Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5: ab [[aliquo]] suum consequi, Gai Inst. 2, 55; Dig. 15, 1, 9, § 1; Cic. Planc. 23, 55.—With ex: fructum amplissimum ex vestro judicio, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2: gloriosam victoriam ex rei publicae causā, id. Cael. 7, 18: aliquid commodi ex laboriosā exercitatione corporis, id. Fin. 1, 10, 35; Quint. 7, 2, 42.—With per: omnia per senatum (corresp. [[with]] adsequi per populum), Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10; Quint. 3, 8, 34. —With abl.: ut omnem gloriam ... omni curā [[atque]] industriā consequare, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 9; 1, 5, b, 2 fin.: suis [[erga]] aliquem meritis inpunitatem, id. Planc. 1, 3: tantam gloriam duabus victoriis, Nep. Them. 6, 3; id. Dat. 5, 2; id. Att. 19, 2; 21, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 8; 10, 1, 102; Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 68.—With in and abl.: si [[quid]] in dicendo consequi [[possum]], Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2: in hac pernicie rei publicae ... gratiam, id. Off. 2, 22, 79: Achillis gloriam in rebus bellicis, Quint. 12, 11, 27; cf. Nep. Ages. 2, 5.—With ut or ne: hoc consequi, ut ne, etc., Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 4: nec legum repertores [[sine]] summā vi orandi consecutos, ut. etc., Quint. 2, 16, 9; 5, 10, 125; 8, 3, 70; Vell. 2, 124, 4; Cels. 7, 26, 3; vix per matrem consecutus, ut, etc., Suet Tib. 12: per quae si consequi potuimus, ut, etc., Cels. 3, 19: [[sicut]] hic [[Cicero]] consequitur, ne, etc., Quint. 9, 2, 62.—Absol.: quibus ex rebus [[largiter]] erat consecutus, made [[great]] [[profit]], Auct. B. Afr. 62; cf.: non [[quod]] minore [[numero]] militum consequi [[difficile]] factu putaret, sed ut, etc., Auct. B. Alex. 30, 3: non est turpe non consequi, [[dummodo]] sequaris, Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 4.—With inf. as [[object]]: [[vere]] [[enim]] illud dicitur, [[perverse]] dicere homines [[perverse]] dicendo facillime consequi, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Sometimes [[with]] a [[personal]] [[object]], and [[with]] a [[thing]] as [[subject]] (cf. [[capio]], II.), to [[reach]], [[come]] to, [[overtake]]: matrem ipsam ex aegritudine hac miseram [[mors]] consecuta'st, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 23: tanta [[prosperitas]] Caesarem est consecuta. ut, etc., Nep. Att. 19, 3; Quint. 7, 4, 19: si [[aliqua]] nos incommoda ex iis materiis consequentur, id. 2, 10, 14; cf. I. B. 2, b. [[supra]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> To [[become]] [[like]] or [[equal]] to a [[person]] or [[thing]] in [[any]] [[property]] or [[quality]], to [[attain]], [[come]] up to, to [[equal]] (cf. adsequor): aliquem majorem, Cic. Brut. 64, 228: nullam partem tuorum meritorum, id. Fam. 1, 8, 6; cf.: ad consequendos, quos priores ducimus, accendimur, Vell. 1, 17, 7: verborum [[prope]] numerum sententiarum [[numero]], Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56; Col. 11, 2, 90.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> To [[reach]] [[with]] the [[sight]], to [[distinguish]] ([[rare]]): animalia minuta, quae non possunt oculi consequi, Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> To [[attain]] to [[something]] intellectually or by [[speech]], to [[understand]], [[perceive]], [[learn]], [[know]]: similitudinem veri, Cic. Univ. 3 init.: plura, Nep. Alcib. 2, 1: [[quantum]] conjecturā, Caes. ap. Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10 (12), 4: [[omnis]] illorum [[conatus]] investigare et consequi, Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48; id. Fam. 1, 8, 6: omnia alicujus facta aut memoriā consequi aut oratione complecti. id. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57: tantam causam diligentiā consequi et memoriā complecti, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> Of [[speech]] or lang., to [[attain]], be [[equal]] to, [[impress]] [[fully]], do [[justice]] to, etc.: vestram magnitudinem multitudinemque beneficiorum, Cic. Red. Quir. 2, 5: laudes ejus verbis, id. Phil. 5, 13, 35, cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 270, 21: omnia verbis, Ov M. 15 419; cf. Cic. Dom. 50, 129.—Hence, consĕquens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> According to [[reason]], [[correspondent]], [[suitable]], [[fit]]: in conjunctis verbis [[quod]] non est [[consequens]] vituperandum est, Cic. Part. Or. 6, 18; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 5; 5, 10, 75.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consequens est = consentaneum est, it is in [[accordance]] [[with]] [[reason]], [[fit]], [[suitable]], etc.; [[with]] ut or acc. and inf.: [[consequens]] esse videtur, ut scribas, etc., Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 15: [[consequens]] est, eos invitos non potuisse retineri, Quint. 5, 10, 77; so, dicere, Gell. 1, 4, 7; Dig. 43, 23, 15 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> That follows [[logically]], [[consequent]]; [[with]] dat.: [[assentior]], eorum quae posuisti alterum alteri [[consequens]] esse, Cic. Tusc. 5, 8, 21; cf. id. ib. 5, 7, 18.—Comp.: [[quid]] consequentius, [[quam]] ut, etc., Aug. Trin. 15, 19 fin.—Sup. [[apparently]] not in [[use]].—Hence, subst.: consĕ-quens, entis, n., a [[consequence]]: teneamus illud [[necesse]] est, cum [[consequens]] aliquod falsum [[sit]], illud, cujus id [[consequens]] [[sit]], non posse esse [[verum]], Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 68: consequentibus vestris sublatis, prima tolluntur, id. ib. 4, 19, 55; id. de Or. 2, 53, 215; id. Top. 12, 53; Quint. 5, 10, 2; 6, 3, 66.— Hence, consĕquenter, adv. ([[post]]-[[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In an [[accordant]], [[suitable]] [[manner]], [[suitably]], [[conformably]]; [[with]] dat.: prioribus dicere, Dig. 35, 2, 11; so ib. 10, 2, 18; App. M. 11, p. 257.—Absol., Hier. Ep. 22, n. 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[consequence]], [[consequently]], App. M. 10 init.—Comp. and [[sup]]. not in [[use]].!*? Pass.: quae vix ab hominibus consequi possunt ἀνύεσθαι, [[Orbilius]] ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.