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..."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..."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..."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..."
