insequor
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. ind. 1st - Entry →insequor, insequi, insecutus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
follow/come after; attack; overtake; pursue (hostile); come after (time);
sg. pres. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...dispereas, Gaure: pusillus homo es. Insequeris, fugio; fugis, insequor. Haec mihi mens est: uelle tuum nolo, Dindyme, nolle..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...imperdita Tydeo pectora; uado equidem exultans ereptaque fata insequor et comites feror expectatus ad umbras. te superis fratrique..."- P
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...formidine sanguis. rursus et alterius lentum convellere vimen insequor et causas penitus temptare latentis; ater et alterius sequitur..." - P
Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...revocantis verba resistit: 'nympha, precor, Penei, mane! non insequor hostis; nympha, mane! sic agna lupum, sic cerva leonem..." - P
Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...revocantis verba resistit: 'nympha, precor, Penei, mane! non insequor hostis; nympha, mane! sic agna lupum, sic cerva leonem..."
