insequebatur
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. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd - Entry →insequor, insequi, insecutus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
follow/come after; attack; overtake; pursue (hostile); come after (time);
sg. imperf. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...potuerunt, cum colorem nubium notassent, quem grando totiens insequebatur. [6,2] Illud incredibile, Cleonis fuisse publice praepositos chalazophylacas..."Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...alienigenam et parum superstitiosum devinctumque illis legibus insequebatur: unde nunc quoque aridi et exsuci et exsangues..."Liber II
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...ante erat auditum; sed rex omnibus copiis insequebatur et sex milium passuum intervallo a Saburra consederat. Equites missi..."
