exsequor Latin · revision 7029

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=la sequor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''exsequor''' (present infinitive exsequī, perfect active exsecūtus sum or exsequūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ex-]] and [[sequor]] “to follow”, so “to follow to the end”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is very often written ⟨exequor⟩, and Livy's manuscripts also have ⟨esse-⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Ennius, of seeking after.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In particular it meant to follow a body to the grave, as Masurius Sabinus in Gellius, the sense of its derivative ''exsequiae'' “funeral”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to follow, go in search of, strive after, pursue with vengeance, as in Sallust, and to go on with an occupation.^(OLD 2012) Its most common sense, from Plautus onwards, was to carry out, execute a duty or command, as in ''imperium exsequī''.^(OLD 2012) From Cicero it meant to go through in words, recount, and in rhetoric to develop an argument, and in Plautus to attain a result.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to follow, perform, secure, fulfil.^(Stelten 1995) It gave Italian ''eseguire''.^(Wiktionary) Its noun ''exsecūtiō'' and the later ''exsecūtīvus'' are the sources of [[en|execution]] and [[en|executive]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of seeking.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of carrying out orders.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of pursuing with vengeance.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of developing a topic.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To follow a funeral, follow to the grave.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To follow; to seek after, strive for.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To pursue with vengeance, punish.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To go on with, persist in.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To carry out, [[m|en|execute]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To recount, go through, ''(rhetoric)'' to develop.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To attain.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[exsecūtiō]]

+ * [[exsecūtor]]

+ * [[exsequiae]]

+ * [[exsequium]]

+ * [[exsecūtus]]

+ * [[exsequēns]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[assequor]]

+ * [[cōnsequor]]

+ * [[īnsequor]]

+ * [[obsequor]]

+ * [[persequor]]

+ * [[prōsequor]]

+ * [[resequor]]

+ * [[sequor]]

+ * [[subsequor]]

+ * [[en|execute]]

+ * [[en|execution]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}