persector

Αὐτάρκης ἔσῃ, ἂν μάθῃς τί τὸ καλὸν κἀγαθόν ἐστι → You will be contented with your lot if you learn what the honourable and good is

Plutarch, De virtute et vitio

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.

per-sector, ātus sum, ārī, I) eifrig verfolgen, accipitres persectantes, Lucr. 4, 1003 (1010): equum tamquam fugientem persectati, Frontin. 1, 2, 1. – II) übtr., einer Sache fleißig nachgehen, nachforschen, primordia, Lucr. 2, 166. – m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, Plaut. mil. 430 Leo (Goetz perscrutari).