adsequare
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adsequor, adsequi, adsecutus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
follow on, pursue, go after; overtake; gain, achieve; equal, rival; understand;
sg. pres. subj. 2nd
Examples
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...bene vale. Pal. Ite cito, iam ego adsequar vos: cum ero pauca volo loqui.— quamquam alios fideliores semper..."Liber III
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...fundasset Socrates(cuius non fugio mortem si famam adsequar,et cedo inuidiae dummodo absoluar cinis),ex populo..."Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...quid occultius parat exquirere inlicitum, anceps: nec ideo adsequare. ne, patres conscripti, ultimum Seiani diem sed sedecim annos..."