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
- T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...bene vale. Pal. Ite cito, iam ego adsequar vos: cum ero pauca volo loqui.— quamquam alios fideliores semper..." - G
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..." - P
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..."