persequor Latin · revision 9266

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *sekʷ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''persequor''' (present infinitive persequī, perfect active persecūtus sum or persequūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ A poet quoted by Cicero has the active imperative ''persece''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[per-]] “through” and [[sequor]] “to follow”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ''sequor'' to [[ine-pro|*sekʷ-|t=to follow, accompany]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of following all the way.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to follow persistently or all the way, to seek out, to trace a road to its end, to follow a pattern or someone's example, and to persist in a course of action, all in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to pursue with hostile intent, hunt, to seek requital for wrongs, to keep pace with, as of a note-taker, and to go through a subject in speech or writing, and Terence used it of striving after something.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It survives in Italian ''perseguire'' and Spanish ''perseguir''.^(Wiktionary) Through Old French ''persécuter'' and directly from its participle ''persecūtus'' it gave [[en|persecute]] in the mid-15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of striving after.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of hostile pursuit.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''persecute'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To follow all the way; to seek out.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|pursue]], chase.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To avenge; to prosecute.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To strive after.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To go through (in speech or writing).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To persist in; to follow (an example).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[persecūtiō]]

+ * [[persecūtor]]

+ * [[persecutrix]]

+ * [[persequax]]

+ * [[persector]]

+ * [[persecūtus]]

+ * [[persequēns]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[assequor]]

+ * [[cōnsequor]]

+ * [[exsequor]]

+ * [[īnsequor]]

+ * [[obsequor]]

+ * [[prōsequor]]

+ * [[resequor]]

+ * [[sequor]]

+ * [[subsequor]]

+ * [[en|persecute]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}