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|lshtext=<b>sector</b>: ātus, 1 (<br /><b>I</b> inf. sectarier, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 13; id. Rud. 1, 2, 57; Hor. S. 1, 2, 78), v. dep. freq. a. [[sequor]], to [[follow]] [[continually]] or [[eagerly]], in a [[good]] or [[bad]] [[sense]]; to [[run]] [[after]], [[attend]], [[accompany]]; to [[follow]] [[after]], [[chase]], [[pursue]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: [[equidem]] te jam [[sector]] quintum hunc annum, Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 5: servum misi, qui sectari solet [[meum]] gnatum, id. Ep. 3, 4, 50: Chrysogonum (servi), Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 77: praetorem [[circum]] omnia fora, id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169: si mercede conducti [[obviam]] candidatis issent, si conducti sectarentur, id. Mur. 32, 67: at sectabuntur multi, id. ib. 33, 70: [[neque]] te [[quisquam]] [[stipator]] Praeter Crispinum sectabitur, Hor. S. 1, 3, 139: equitum [[manus]] quae regem ex [[more]] sectatur, Tac. A. 15, 2; 15, 33 fin.; Gell. 20, 6, 1 et saep.: mulieres sectarier, to [[run]] [[after]], Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 13; 3, 1, 183; cf.: desine matronas sectarier, Hor. S. 1, 2, 78: [[ipse]] suas sectatur oves, at [[filius]] [[agnos]], accompanies, guards, Tib. 1, 10, 41: [[aratrum]], to [[follow]] the [[plough]], id. 2, 3, 7: [[canes]], to [[follow]] the hounds ([[that]] [[hunt]] on [[before]]), Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 14: aliquem, to [[run]] [[after]], [[pursue]], Plaut. Cist. 2, 2, 1: servum, [[Cato]] ap. Gell. 17, 6, 3: [[homo]] [[ridicule]] [[insanus]], qui ejusmodi est, ut eum pueri sectentur, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148: ne scuticā dignum horribili sectere [[flagello]], Hor. S. 1, 3, 119: exagitet nostros [[Manes]] sectetur et umbras, etc., Prop. 2, 8, 19 (2, 8 b, 19).— To [[visit]] a [[place]] [[gladly]], to [[frequent]]: gymnasia, Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 6.—Absol.: [[homo]] coepit me obsecrare, Ut sibi liceret discere id de me: sectari jussi (alluding to the [[train]] of followers [[who]] accompanied the [[ancient]] philosophers), Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 31; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 36: at sectabantur multi ... Quid [[opus]] est sectatoribus? (of the [[train]] of a [[candidate]]) Cic. Mur. 34, 71.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., to [[pursue]], [[chase]], [[hunt]] animals: sues silvaticos in montibus, Varr. ap. Non. 555, 31: sectaris apros, Verg. E. 3, 75: gallinam, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 7: simiam, id. ib. 2, 2, 24; 2, 2, 106; 2, 3, 13 sq.; 2, 6, 25: leporem, Hor. S. 1, 2, 106; 2, 2, 9 et saep.: cervam videre fugere, sectari [[canes]], Ter. Phorm. prol. 7.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[follow]] or [[strive]] [[after]]; to [[pursue]] [[eagerly]] (not freq. [[till]] [[after]] the Aug. per.; not in Cic.): [[quid]] vos hanc miseram ac tenuem sectamini praedam? * Caes. B. G. 6, 35; so, praedam, Tac. A. 1, 65: facinora, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28: lites, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 61: nomina tironum, Hor. S. 1, 2, 16: sectantem levia nervi Deficiunt, id. A. P. 26: gymnasia aut [[porticus]], Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 6: omnes dicendi Veneres, Quint. 10, 1, 79; cf.: quas figuras, id. 9, 3, 100: voluptatem, id. 10, 1, 28: eminentes virtutes, to [[seek]] [[out]], Tac. A. 1, 80: contumaciam sententiarum, habitum vultumque ejus, to [[seek]] to [[imitate]], id. ib. 16, 22: praecepta salubria, Suet. Aug. 89: commoda, id. ib. 25: luxuriosa convivia, Just. 11, 10, 2: in alienis eripiendis vitam sectari, id. 27, 2, 8. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With a rel. or subj.-[[clause]], to [[hunt]] or [[track]] [[out]], [[busy]] one's [[self]]: mitte sectari, [[rosa]] quo locorum Sera moretur, Hor. C. 1, 38, 3: non ut omnia dicerem sectatus, sed ut [[maxime]] necessaria, Quint. 1, 10, 1.?*! In a [[pass]]. signif.: qui vellet se a [[cane]] sectari, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 6.<br /><b>sector</b>: ōris, m. id.,<br /><b>I</b> one [[who]] cuts or cuts [[off]], a cutter ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[zonarius]], a cutpurse, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 20: collorum, a cutthroat, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80 (v. II.); so id. ib. 31 fin.: feni, a haycutter, [[mower]], Col. 11, 1, 12.—<br /><b>II</b> Publicists' t. t., a bidder, purchaser at a [[public]] [[sale]] of [[goods]] captured or confiscated by the State (cf. [[quadruplator]]): sectores vocantur qui publica bona mercantur, Dig. 4, 146: cum de bonis et de caede agatur, [[testimonium]] dicturus est is, qui et [[sector]] est et [[sicarius]]: hoc est, qui et illorum ipsorum bonorum, de quibus agitur, [[emptor]] [[atque]] [[possessor]] est et eum hominem occidendum curavit, de cujus morte quaeritur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 103: [[sector]] sis, id. Phil. 2, 26, 65: [[Pompeii]] (sc. bonorum), id. ib. 13, 14, 30; [[Crassus]] ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 3: [[ubique]] [[hasta]] et [[sector]], Tac. H. 1, 20: hastae subjecit tabernas, nec [[sector]] [[inventus]] est, Flor. 2, 6, 48; Pacat. [[Pan]]. Theod. 25, 28; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 496; cf. Ps.-Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 52, p. 172, and 2, 1, 23, § 61, p. 177 Orell.—In a [[double]] [[sense]], [[with]] the signif. I.: nescimus per ista tempora eosdem [[fere]] sectores fuisse collorum et bonorum? cutthroats and cutpurses, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80. —*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: [[hinc]] rapti [[pretio]] fasces sectorque favoris Ipse sui [[populus]], [[seller]] of his [[favor]], Luc. 1, 178.—<br /><b>III</b> Geometrical t. t., the [[sector]] of a [[circle]], [[that]] [[part]] of a [[circle]] included [[between]] [[any]] [[two]] radii and an arc, Boëth. Art. Geom. p. 379, 13.

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