insector Latin · revision 31828

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *sekʷ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ĩːˈsɛk.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [inˈsɛk.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnsector''' (present infinitive īnsectārī, perfect active īnsectātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus also has active forms, ''īnsectō''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|sector|t2=to follow, chase]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) the frequentative belonging to [[m|la|īnsequor|t=to pursue]].^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan explains [[m|la|sector]] as formed from the old participle ⟨*sekto-⟩ of [[m|la|sequor|t=to follow]], which goes back to [[ine-pro|*sekʷ-|t=to follow]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|ἕπομαι|tr=hépomai|t=to follow]] and [[lt|sèkti|t=to follow]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is Plautus' ''Captivi'', of a madman who chased his mother and father at home with spears.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to pursue with hostile intent or chase, as Cicero's Furies that hound the impious.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it is to harry someone with hostile speech or policy, to attack, rail at or speak ill of, as the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' on envy that pursues good men.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of chasing a person.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the Furies pursuing the impious.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|pursue]], [[m|en|chase]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To harry; to [[m|en|attack]] with words, rail at, [[m|en|slander]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[īnsectātiō]]

+ * [[īnsectātor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[insequor|alt=īnsequor]]

+ * [[sector]]

+ * [[sequor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}