resequor

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ˈrɛ.sɛ.kʷɔr]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈrɛː.s̬e.kʷor]^[1]

Forms

resequor (present infinitive resequī, perfect active resecūtus sum or resequūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin re- + sequor (“to follow”).^[2][3][1] Some scholars connect it with inquam “I say”, which the TLL rejects.^[3] De Vaan traces ⟨sequor⟩ to Proto-Italic *sekʷ-e/o- (“to follow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-e/o- (“to follow, accompany”).^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Gaffiot cites Ovid's Metamorphoses.^[5] Köbler dates Ovid 43 BC–18 AD.^[6]

Semantic evolution

It meant to follow on from a speaker, answer, reply, and occurs only in the perfect and its participle.^[2][7] Gaffiot renders it as to answer at once.^[5]

Timeline

• 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it.^[5][6]

Meanings

Verb

1. To follow on from a speaker, reply to, answer.^[2][7]

Related words

• sequor

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
4. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
5. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
7. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press