consequor

Latin

Etymology

    From con- +‎ sequor (to follow).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    cōnsequor (present infinitive cōnsequī, perfect active cōnsecūtus sum or cōnsequūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent

    1. to move, travel, come, pass or go after, or follow behind another (in time and/or space)
      Synonyms: persequor, sequor, īnsequor, continuō, excipiō, exsequor
    2. to chase, to pursue, to go after; to look for, to search for, to seek
      Synonyms: persequor, sequor, exsequor, īnsector, premō, īnstō, affectō
    3. to attend, to accompany, to escort
      Synonyms: comitō, exsequor, sequor
    4. to copy, to imitate; to adopt, to obey
    5. to follow as a consequence or effect: to ensue (from), to result (from), to arise (from) or to proceed (from)
    6. to reach, to overtake, to come up with, to attain to, to arrive at
    7. to become like or equal to someone or something in any property or quality; to equal, to match, to attain, to come up to
    8. to obtain, to acquire, to get, attain, reach
      Synonyms: acquīrō, parō, pariō, adipīscor, lucror, impetrō, mereō, sūmō, emō, potior, inveniō, ūsūrpō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō
      Antonym: āmittō
    9. (of sight) to reach, to distinguish
    10. to understand, to perceive, to learn, to know
      Synonyms: comprehendō, dēprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, teneō, apīscor, apprehendō, capiō, complector, excipiō, exaudiō
      Antonyms: nesciō, ignōrō
    11. (of discourse) to be equal to, to impress fully, to do justice to

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Catalan: aconseguir
    • English: consecute
    • Italian: conseguire
    • Old French: consivre, acconsuivre
    • Portuguese: conseguir
    • Sicilian: cunzicutari
    • Spanish: conseguir

    References

    • consequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • consequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • consequor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to catch some one up: consequi, assequi aliquem
      • to derive (great) profit , advantage from a thing: fructum (uberrimum) capere, percipere, consequi ex aliqua re
      • to win (undying) fame: gloriam (immortalem) consequi, adipisci
      • to attain eternal renown: immortalitatem consequi, adipisci, sibi parere
      • to conjecture: coniectura assequi, consequi, aliquid coniectura colligere
      • to acquire knowledge of a subject: scientiam alicuius rei consequi
      • to obtain a result in something: aliquid efficere, consequi in aliqua re (De Or. 1. 33. 152)
      • to acquire influence: opes, gratiam, potentiam consequi
      • to overtake the enemy: hostes assequi, consequi