Latin

Verb

sequor ‎(present infinitive sequī, perfect active secūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. (with accusative) I follow, come or go after.
   • Virgil

     Cēdāmus Phoebō et, monitī, meliōra sequāmur

     Let us yield to Phoebus and, having been warned, let us follow better [paths].

   • Ovid

     Video meliora, proboque, deteriora sequor

     I see better things, and approve them, but I follow the worse.

   • Cato the Elder

     Rem tene, verba sequentur

     Grasp the matter, the words will follow

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

• secus
• socius

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *sequio (see there for further descendants)

References

• sequor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sequor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sequor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to follow in any one's steps: vestigia alicuius sequi, persequi or vestigiis aliquem sequi, persequi
    
  • to court a person's favour; to ingratiate oneself with..: gratiam alicuius sibi quaerere, sequi, more strongly aucupari
    
  • to be a lover of ease, leisure: otium sequi, amplexari
    
  • to adopt some one's opinion: ad alicuius sententiam accedere, sententiam alicuius sequi
    
  • to try to conjecture probabilities: probabilia coniectura sequi
    
  • my intention is..: id sequor, ut
    
  • to be guided by another's example: auctoritatem alicuius sequi
    
  • to be a follower, disciple of some one: sectam alicuius sequi (Brut. 31. 120)
    
  • it follows from this that..: sequitur (not ex quo seq.) ut
    
  • to hold by the letter (of the law): verba ac litteras or scriptum (legis) sequi (opp. sententia the spirit)
    
  • to strive to attain virtue: virtutem sequi, virtutis studiosum esse
    
  • to follow fixed principles of conduct: certas rationes in agendo sequi
    
  • to embrace the cause of..., be a partisan of..: alicuius partes (causam) or simply aliquem sequi
    
  • to be neutral: neutram partem sequi
    
  • to follow the standards: signa sequi (opp. a signis discedere, signa relinquere)