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|lshtext=<b>sĕquor</b>: sĕcūtus (also written sequutus;<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. [[part]]. sync. sequentūm, Verg. G. 3, 111), 3, v. dep. ([[act]]. collat. form sĕquo, acc. to Gell. 18, 9, 8 sq.; and Prisc. p. 799 P.) [Sanscr. sak-, to [[follow]]; sakis, [[friend]]; Gr. [[ἕπομαι]], ἕπω; cf. Lat. [[socius]], to [[follow]], to [[come]] or go [[after]], to [[follow]] [[after]], [[attend]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc.: i, jam [[sequor]] te, [[mater]], Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 16: [[neque]] [[illa]] matrem [[satis]] [[honeste]] tuam sequi poterit [[comes]], id. Merc. 2, 3, 69 sq.: qui ex urbe amicitiae causā Caesarem secuti, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 7, 50; Hor. S. 1, 6, 108: ne sequerer moechas, id. ib. 1, 4, 113: vallem, Liv. 32, 6, 5: [[pars]] pressa sequuntur Signa [[pedum]], Ov. M. 8, 332: vestigia alicujus, id. ib. 4, 514; 9, 639; 10, 710 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol. (so [[most]] freq. in Plaut.): abi [[prae]], jam ego sequar, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 69: Di. Sequere [[intro]]. Pa. Sequor, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 64; 5, 2, 90; id. Aul. 2, 5, 23 et saep.: [[quisnam]] est, qui sequitur [[procul]]? id. Poen. 3, 3, 6: [[funus]] [[interim]] procedit: sequimur: ad [[sepulcrum]] venimus, Ter. And. 1, 1, 101: curriculo sequi, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12: [[Helvetii]] cum omnibus suis carris secuti, Caes. B. G. 1, 24: si [[nemo]] sequatur, [[tamen]], etc., id. ib. 1, 40 fin.: servi sequentes, Hor. S. 1, 6, 78: hos falcati [[currus]] sequebantur, Curt. 4, 12, 6: hos aliae gentes sequebantur, id. 4, 12, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of things: magna [[multitudo]] carrorum sequi Gallos consuevit, Hirt. B. G. 8, 14: [[neque]] Ulla ([[arbor]]) brevem dominum sequetur, Hor. C. 2, 14, 24: zonā [[bene]] te secutā, id. ib. 3, 27, 59.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[follow]] in a [[hostile]] [[manner]]; to [[chase]], [[pursue]]: hostes sequitur, Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.: hostem, Ov. M. 13, 548: fugacem, Hor. S. 2, 7, 115: feras, Ov. M. 2, 498: [[nudo]] genitas Pandione ferro, id. ib. 6, 666; cf.: hostem [[pilo]], Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.—Absol.: finem sequendi facere, Caes. B. G. 7, 47; 7, 68 Oud. N. cr.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[follow]] in [[time]] or [[order]]; to [[succeed]], [[come]] [[after]] (esp. freq. in [[part]]. pres.): aestatem [[auctumnus]] sequitur, [[post]] [[acer]] [[hiems]] [[fit]], Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.): [[sequens]] [[annus]], Hirt. B. G. 8, 50: sequente [[anno]], Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170: secuto [[die]], id. 13, 22, 43, § 126: secuta [[aetas]], id. 6, 23, 26, § 101: sequenti senatu, Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1: secuturo Phoebo, Luc. 2, 528: sequitur hunc annum [[nobilis]] clade Romanā Caudinā pax, Liv. 9, 1 et saep.: ne secutis [[quidem]] diebus [[Claudius]] ullius humani affectūs signa dedit, Tac. A. 11, 38: [[Africanus]] [[sequens]], i. e. [[minor]], Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With the [[notion]] of [[cause]] [[implied]], to [[follow]], [[result]], [[ensue]]: ut [[male]] posuimus initia, sic [[cetera]] sequentur, Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: increpuit; sequitur [[clamor]], Verg. A. 9, 504: tonitrum secuti nimbi, Ov. M. 14, 542: lacrimae sunt verba secutae, id. ib. 9, 780: [[nisi]] [[forte]] sic loqui paenitet, Quā tempestate [[Paris]] Helenam et quae sequuntur, and so on, and so [[forth]], Cic. Or. 49, 164; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; 3, 19, 44.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of a [[possession]] or [[inheritance]], to [[follow]], i. e. to [[fall]] to the [[share]] of [[any]] one: ut belli [[praeda]] Romanos, [[ager]] urbesque captae Aetolos sequerentur, Liv. 33, 13, 10: ut victorem res sequeretur, id. 28, 21, 5: si [[quis]] mortuos est Arpinatis, ejus heredem sacra non secuntur, [[Cato]] ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—Abbreviated on monuments, H. M. H. N. S.: heredem [[monumentum]], Hor. S. 1, 8, 13: heredem [[possessio]], Plin. 9, 35, 60, § 124: quo [[minus]] gloriam petebat, eo [[magis]] illum sequebatur, Sall. C. 54 fin.; v. Fabri ad h. l.; and cf.: sequi [[gloria]], non appeti debet, Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To go [[towards]] or to a [[place]]: Formias [[nunc]] sequimur, Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: Epirum, [[Cyzicum]], id. ib. 3, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 49: Italiam, Verg. A. 4, 361; 4, 381; 5, 629: Itala regna, Ov. H. 7, 10; id. F. 6, 109; Val. Fl. 1, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pregn., to [[follow]] the [[hand]] in plucking or pulling; to [[come]] [[off]] or [[away]], [[come]] [[out]]; to [[come]] [[easily]], [[come]] of itself: herbae dum tenerae sunt vellendae: aridae factae celerius rumpuntur [[quam]] sequuntur, Varr. R. R. 1, 47; cf.: [[oratio]] [[mollis]] et tenera et ita [[flexibilis]], ut sequatur, [[quocumque]] torqueas, Cic. Or. 16, 52; and: [[nihil]] est tam tenerum [[neque]] tam flexibile [[neque]] [[quod]] tam [[facile]] sequatur [[quocumque]] ducas, [[quam]] [[oratio]], id. de Or. 3, 45, 176: [[ipse]] ([[ramus]]) [[volens]] facilisque sequetur, Si te fata vocant, Verg. A. 6, 146: cum scrutantes, quae vellant, [[telum]] non sequitur, Liv. 38, 21, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.: jamque secuta manum nullo cogente [[sagitta]] Excidit, Verg. A. 12, 423; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 113: trahit [[ille]] manu [[sine]] custode [[lignum]]: Id [[quoque]] vix sequitur, Ov. M. 12, 372; cf.: [[cera]] [[mollis]] sequensque digitos, [[yielding]] to, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 11.<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., to [[follow]], [[succeed]], [[result]], [[ensue]] (usu. of an [[immediate]] [[consequence]]; [[consequor]], usu. of one [[more]] [[remote]]): si [[verbum]] sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus [[necesse]] est, etc., Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: patrem sequuntur [[liberi]], [[succeed]] to the [[rank]] or [[condition]] of [[their]] [[father]], Liv. 4, 4 fin.: [[quoniam]] hanc ([[Caesar]]) in re publicā viam, quae [[popularis]] habetur, secutus est, Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9: damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur, to [[befall]], Caes. B. G. 1, 4: [[modo]] ne [[summa]] [[turpitudo]] sequatur, should [[ensue]], Cic. Lael. 17, 61: dispares [[mores]] disparia studia sequuntur, id. ib. 20, 74: [[post]] illas datas litteras secuta est [[summa]] [[contentio]] de [[domo]], id. Att. 4, 2, 2: [[post]] gloriam invidiam sequi. Sall. J. 55, 3: an [[mediocre]] [[discrimen]] opinionis secuturum ex hac re putatis, Liv. 5, 6, 7. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[follow]] (as a [[leader]]) an [[authority]], a [[party]], an [[example]], a [[plan]], etc.; to [[follow]] in the [[track]] of; to [[comply]] [[with]], [[accede]] to, [[conform]] to: sequi naturam, optimam [[bene]] vivendi ducem, Cic. Lael. 5, 19; cf. id. ib. 12, 42: sequamur potissimum Polybium [[nostrum]], id. Rep. 2, 14, 27: eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales, Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16; so, sectam, Cic. Fl. 41, 104; id. Sest. 45, 97; Liv. 8, 19, 10 al. (v. [[secta]]): Ti. [[Gracchus]] [[regnum]] occupare [[conatus]] est ... hunc [[post]] mortem secuti amici, etc., Cic. Lael. 12, 41: amicum vel [[bellum]] patriae inferentem sequi, id. ib. 12, 43: auctoritatem et [[consilium]] alicujus, id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; so ([[with]] obtemperare voluntati) Caes. B. C. 1, 35: sententiam Scipionis, id. ib. 1, 2: vos vestrumque [[factum]] omnia [[deinceps]] municipia sunt secuta, [[have]] followed, imitated, id. ib. 2, 32: haec qui dicunt, [[quam]] rationem sequantur, vides, Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17: novum quoddam et subagreste [[consilium]], id. Rep. 2, 7, 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 51: Pompeio esse in [[animo]], rei publicae non deesse, si [[senatus]] sequatur, Caes. B. C. 1, 1 fin.: [[arma]] victricia, Verg. A. 3, 54.—Of an [[auditor]], to [[follow]] an [[orator]] or a [[speech]]: quos [[more]] prisco [[apud]] judicem fabulantes non auditores sequuntur, non [[populus]] [[audit]], Tac. Or. 23: non [[lingua]] valet, non corpore notae Sufficiunt [[vires]], nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. [[attend]] or [[obey]] the [[will]], Verg. A. 12, 912; cf.: si [[modo]] verba sequantur, Ov. M. 1, 647. —Esp. milit. t. t.: signa sequi, to [[march]] in [[rank]], Sall. J. 80, 2; Curt. 3, 2, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[follow]] or [[pursue]] an [[end]] or [[object]]; to [[strive]] for, [[aim]] at, [[seek]] to [[attain]]: eam (sc. utilitatem), Cic. Lael. 27, 100: justitiam, id. Rep. 3, 11, 18: [[otium]] ac tranquillitatem vitae, id. Mur. 27, 55: amoenitatem et salubritatem, id. Leg. 2, 1, 3: matris [[commodum]], Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31: lites, id. And. 4, 5, 16; id. Ad. 2, 2, 40: gratiam Caesaris, Caes. B. C. 1, 1: linguam et [[nomen]], Liv. 31, 7: mercedes, Hor. S. 1, 6, 87: quae nocuere (opp. fugere), id. Ep. 1, 8, 11; cf.: nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit [[ipse]] vel odit, id. ib. 1, 1, 72: ferro extrema, Verg. A. 6, 457: fidem, Vell. 2, 107, 2.—With inf.: plurisque [[sequor]] disponere causas, Lucr. 5, 529.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[discourse]], to [[follow]] in [[order]] or [[sequence]]; to [[come]] [[next]] in [[order]], to [[succeed]]: sequitur is (rex), qui, etc., Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37: sequitur [[illa]] [[divisio]], ut, etc., id. Fin. 3, 16, 55: haec sint dicta de aëre. Sequitur [[terra]], cui, etc., Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154: ac de primā [[quidem]] parte [[satis]] [[dictum]] est. Sequitur, ut doceam, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 80 sq.— With inf.: sequitur videre de eo, [[quod]], etc., Dig. 45, 1, 91, § 3; 41, 3, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[logical]] conclusions, to [[follow]], [[ensue]]; [[with]] [[subject]]-[[clause]]: nec si omne [[enuntiatum]] aut [[verum]] aut falsum est, sequitur [[ilico]], esse causas immutabiles, etc., Cic. Fat. 12, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21.—With ut: si haec [[enuntiatio]] vera non est, sequitur, ut falsa [[sit]], Cic. Fat. 12, 28; 5, 9; 10, 22; id. Fin. 2, 8, 24; 3, 7, 26: sequitur [[igitur]] ut, etc., id. Tusc. 5, 18, 53; id. Par. 3, 1, 22: sequitur [[ergo]] ut, etc., Curt. 7, 1, 40; Quint. 3, 8, 23; 3, 11, 17; 6, 5, 8 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[follow]] or [[come]] [[naturally]] or [[easily]]; to be obtained [[without]] [[effort]]: [[tantum]] hominis valuit [[exercitatio]] ut, cum se mente ac voluntate, conjecisset in [[versum]], verba sequerentur, Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194 Sorof ad loc.: non [[quaesitum]] esse numerum, sed secutum, id. Or. 49, 165: [[lingua]] tacet nec vox tentataque verba sequuntur, Ov. M. 11, 326; 1, 647; Stat. Th. 11, 602: verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur, Hor. A. P. 311: sed non omnia nos ducentes e Graeco sequuntur, Quint. 2, 14, 1: [[laus]] pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur, id. 10, 2, 27; 8, prooem. § 8; 8, 6, 24: sequi [[gloria]], non appeti debet, Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—Hence, sĕquens, entis, P. a., [[next]], [[next]] [[following]] in [[order]] (cf.: [[proximus]], [[posterior]]; not in Cic. or Cæs.): [[prius]] illud ... hoc [[sequens]], Quint. 5, 10, 42: reliqua morborum genera sequenti dicemus volumine, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 143.—Esp., [[with]] designations of [[time]]: sequenti tempore, Nep. Thras. 4, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 52; Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 38: sequenti [[die]], Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 1; Suet. Ner. 15; Liv. 23, 36, 7: sequente [[anno]], id. 3, 31, 2: sequenti nocte, Suet. Aug. 94; so also Curt. 4, 7, 10; Tac. A. 2, 53; Col. 4, 15, 3; 4, 21, 3; 4, 27, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189; 30, 8, 21, § 66; 17, 22. 35, § 178; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6; 5, 12, 1; 6, 31, 3: Suilium mox [[sequens]] [[aetas]] vidit praepotentem, the [[next]] [[generation]], Tac. A. 4, 31 qui praesenti potentiā credunt exstingui posse [[etiam]] sequentis aevi memoriam, Tac. A. 4, 35.—As subst., used by [[some]] for ἐπίθετον, an epithet, acc. to Quintilian; as, dentes albi, umida vina ... o [[scelus]] abominandum, etc., Quint. 8, 6, 40.

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