sequor Latin · revision 2894

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Naevius|origins=ine-pro *sekʷ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsɛ.kʷɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsɛː.kʷor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sequor''' (present infinitive sequī, perfect active secūtus sum or sequūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*sekʷ-e/o-|t=to follow]], [[inh|ine-pro|*sekʷ-e/o-|t=to follow, accompany]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The old participle *sekto- lives on in [[sector|alt=sectārī]] “to follow constantly”, and [[m|la|secūtus]] was a later formation.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The adjective [[secundus]], “following”, became the ordinal “second”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Cognate with [[sa|सचते|tr=sácate|t=follows]], [[grc|ἕπομαι|tr=hépomai|t=to follow]], [[lt|sèkti|t=to follow]] and [[got|𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽|tr=saiƕan|t=to see]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Naevius onwards.^(de Vaan 2008) In Plautus one character tells another, ''i prae, iam ego te sequar'', “go ahead, I'll follow you”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to [[m|en|follow]] behind someone, to pursue an enemy, as Caesar does, and to follow in space or in time, as in Ennius' “autumn follows summer”.^(OLD 2012) Rewards and punishments were said to follow deeds, and in argument a conclusion followed from its premises, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It meant to obey or be guided by someone, to act according to a rule, to escort or attend a person, and to take a side in politics, as the men who followed Tiberius Gracchus.^(OLD 2012) It also meant to strive after, to obtain, to follow a road or course, and to pursue a way of life.^(OLD 2012) It survives as Italian ''seguire'' and Spanish and Portuguese ''seguir''.^(Wiktionary) English ''second'' comes from [[secundus]], ''sequel'' from Late Latin ''sequela'', and ''segue'' from Italian.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it for following someone.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it for seasons following one another.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it for logical consequence.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''second'' is first recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''sequel'' is first recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|follow]], go after.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To pursue, chase.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To follow (in space, in time); to succeed.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To follow (as a consequence); to follow logically.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To obey; to comply with, act according to.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To attend, accompany.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To side with, support.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To strive after; to obtain.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To follow (a road, a way of life).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[assequor]]

+ * [[cōnsequor]]

+ * [[exsequor]]

+ * [[īnsequor]]

+ * [[obsequor]]

+ * [[persequor]]

+ * [[prōsequor]]

+ * [[resequor]]

+ * [[secundus]]

+ * [[secūtor]]

+ * [[sequāx]]

+ * [[sequēla]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[secus]]

+ * [[socius]]

+ * [[en|second]]

+ * [[en|sequel]]

+ * [[en|sequence]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The phrase ''non sequitur'', “it does not follow”, names a conclusion that does not follow from what precedes it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}