consector Latin · revision 31887

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnsector''' (present infinitive cōnsectārī or cōnsectārier, perfect active cōnsectātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|sector|t2=to follow eagerly, chase]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains [[m|la|sector]] as made from the old past participle of [[m|la|sequor|t=to follow]], which he traces to [[itc-pro|*sekʷ-e/o-|t=to follow]] and [[ine-pro|*sekʷ-e/o-|t=to follow, accompany]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|ἕπομαι|tr=hépomai|t=to follow]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who has “you who chase after men as well as women”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to make for or go after someone, and to try to find or obtain something, as Cicero's “not to seek out more”, and to study, as his readers of Plato who do not pursue such things very eagerly.^(OLD 2012) Pliny the Elder uses it of following an example, as Pythagoras and Democritus followed the Magi in their herbs.^(OLD 2012) It also means to hunt down in order to destroy, as Cicero's consul who hunted down and killed some men in Gaul, and to attack in words, as Cicero's crowd that assailed Fufius with abuse and hissing.^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary also gives “to persecute”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of chasing men and women.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of seeking out, hunting down and attacking with abuse.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of following the Magi.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

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

+ # To seek to obtain, strive after; to study.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To follow the example of, [[m|en|imitate]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To hunt down to destroy; to [[m|en|persecute]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To attack in words, inveigh against.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cōnsectāneus]]

+ * [[cōnsectārius]]

+ * [[cōnsectātiō]]

+ * [[cōnsectātor]]

+ * [[cōnsectātrīx]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sector]]

+ * [[sequor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}