sequens Latin · revision 31824

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la sequor}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sequēns''' (genitive sequentis); third-declension one-termination adjective, present participle of [[sequor]]^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the present participle of [[sequor|t=to follow]], used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces ⟨sequor⟩ to [[itc-pro|*sekʷō|alt=*sekw-e/o-|t=to follow]] and [[ine-pro|*sekʷ-|alt=*sekw-e/o-|t=to follow, accompany]], cognate with [[sa|सचते|tr=sácate|t=to follow]], [[grc|ἕπομαι|tr=hépomai|t=to follow]] and [[lt|sèkti|t=to follow]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Plautus.^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's earliest example of the adjective is Nepos, of a man killed by barbarians at a later time.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adjective it means “following, next” in time or order, and in the neuter plural what follows;^(OLD 2012) Pliny the Elder uses it for the second Africanus.^(OLD 2012) It also means “following as a consequence”: Cicero's method of reasoning adds what follows from a definition.^(OLD 2012) Quintilian reports that some called an epithet ''sequēns'', an adjective that follows its noun.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Medieval Latin it was also “second-rate”, of goods of second quality.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of logical consequences.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 100–24 BC – Nepos of a later time.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian of the epithet.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Medieval Latin – “second-rate”.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|following|alt=Following]], next in time or order; second.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Following as a [[m|en|consequence]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(grammar)'' An [[m|en|epithet]], adjective.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Second-rate.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sequor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}