sequax Latin · revision 33779

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *sekʷ-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sequāx''' (genitive sequācis); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sequor|-āx|t1=to follow]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces [[m|la|sequor]] to [[itc-pro|*sekʷ-e/o-|t=to follow]] and [[ine-pro|*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==

+ De Vaan and Köbler find it first in Lucretius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is mostly poetic, and Lewis & Short call it a favourite word of Virgil, who has the Arcadians turning their backs to the pursuing Latins.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The ''Culex'' has a crowd of beasts following Orpheus' voice.^(OLD 2012) Manilius uses it with a genitive, of those who are given to wine and love.^(OLD 2012) Of materials it means pliant and responsive, as Ovid's horse whose neck yields to the bit.^(OLD 2012) In medieval Latin the noun ''sequāx'' is a follower or partisan, a disciple, a dependant and a successor.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius has the adjective.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil, of pursuers.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid, of a horse that answers the bit.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Manilius, “given to” wine and love.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Medieval Latin – A follower, a disciple, a successor.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Following closely or eagerly, [[m|en|pursuing]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # With a genitive, given to, [[m|en|addicted]] to.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of materials, [[m|en|pliant]], [[m|en|tractable]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A follower, [[m|en|partisan]]; a disciple; a dependant; a successor.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sequācitās]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sequor]]

+ * [[secta]]

+ * [[sector#2]]

+ * [[secundus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}