persectari
Dictionary entries
- Entry →persector, persectari, persectatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pursue/follow closely/eagerly; follow up; investigate (question);
pres. infin.
Examples
- T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...neque me novisse ait haec. Pal. Persectari hic volo, Sceledre, nos nostri an alieni simus, ne dum quispiam..." - T
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...tempore quo solis pervolgant fulgura caelum. * * * 164ax nec persectari primordia singula quaeque, ut videant qua quicque geratur..."