consector

consector

Latin

Etymology

    From con- + sector.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    cōnsector (present infinitive cōnsectārī or cōnsectārier, perfect active cōnsectātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

    1. to seek or pursue, chase
    2. to hunt down or seek out (in order to destroy)
    3. to persecute

    Conjugation

    1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

    Derived terms

    References

    • consector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • consector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • consector”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to draw from the fountain-head: e fontibus haurire (opp. rivulos consectari or fontes non videre)