insequare
Dictionary entries
- Entry →insequo, insequere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Early
tell; tell of; relate (L+S); declare; pursue the narration; tell me about it;
sg. pres. pass. subj. 2nd - Entry →insequor, insequi, insecutus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
follow/come after; attack; overtake; pursue (hostile); come after (time);
sg. pres. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Itaque illam distinctionem "litora" protinus altero spiritus initio insequar; cum illuc venero: "atque altae moenia Romae", deponam..."
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...discrimina leti mille vides. qua te, infelix, quibus insequar oris? non Scythicas ferus ille domos nec ad ostia..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...loca sunt: moderatius, oro, curre fugamque inhibe, moderatius insequar ipse. cui placeas, inquire tamen: non incola montis..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...recedit. nil agis, o frustra meritorum oblite meorum: insequar invitum puppimque amplexa recurvam per freta longa trahar..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...loca sunt: moderatius, oro, curre fugamque inhibe, moderatius insequar ipse. cui placeas, inquire tamen: non incola montis..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...velim! Nil equidem inquiram, nec quae celare parabis insequar, et falli muneris instar erit. si tamen in media..."Liber VII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...iudicio rectius. Cur enim non usquequaque tenuitatem vestram insequar et exagitem? Haec ut inter istas occupationes aliquid aliquando..."