assequor Latin · revision 9280

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''assequor''' (present infinitive assequī, perfect active assecūtus sum or assequūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''adsequor''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ad-]] and [[sequor]] “to follow”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨sequor⟩ to [[ine-pro|*sekʷ-|t=to follow]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of following to catch up.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to go after someone to catch up, as in Plautus, and to overtake, as in Lucilius.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to attain, win, achieve something abstract, and to grasp with the mind, understand, ''coniectūrā assequī'' is to guess.^(OLD 2012) Varro used it for bringing about a result.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It survives in Italian ''asseguire''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it of overtaking.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of attaining and understanding.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To follow, pursue.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To overtake.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To attain, [[m|en|achieve]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To understand, grasp.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[assecuē]]

+ * [[assecula]]

+ * [[assecutor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cōnsequor]]

+ * [[exsequor]]

+ * [[īnsequor]]

+ * [[obsequor]]

+ * [[persequor]]

+ * [[prōsequor]]

+ * [[resequor]]

+ * [[sequor]]

+ * [[subsequor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}