prosequor
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
From prō- + sequor (“follow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈproː.sɛ.kʷɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈprɔː.s̬e.kʷor]
Verb
prōsequor (present infinitive prōsequī, perfect active prōsecūtus sum or prōsequūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- to escort, accompany
- to pursue, follow
- to describe in detail
- (figuratively) to attend, wait on, allow, accommodate
Conjugation
Conjugation of prōsequor (third conjugation, deponent)
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | prōsequor | prōsequeris, prōsequere |
prōsequitur | prōsequimur | prōsequiminī | prōsequuntur | ||||||
| imperfect | prōsequēbar | prōsequēbāris, prōsequēbāre |
prōsequēbātur | prōsequēbāmur | prōsequēbāminī | prōsequēbantur | |||||||
| future | prōsequar | prōsequēris, prōsequēre |
prōsequētur | prōsequēmur | prōsequēminī | prōsequentur | |||||||
| perfect | prōsecūtus or prōsequūtus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| pluperfect | prōsecūtus or prōsequūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| future perfect | prōsecūtus or prōsequūtus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | prōsequar | prōsequāris, prōsequāre |
prōsequātur | prōsequāmur | prōsequāminī | prōsequantur | ||||||
| imperfect | prōsequerer | prōsequerēris, prōsequerēre |
prōsequerētur | prōsequerēmur | prōsequerēminī | prōsequerentur | |||||||
| perfect | prōsecūtus or prōsequūtus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
| pluperfect | prōsecūtus or prōsequūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | — | prōsequere | — | — | prōsequiminī | — | ||||||
| future | — | prōsequitor | prōsequitor | — | — | prōsequuntor | |||||||
| non-finite forms | infinitive | participle | |||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||
| present | prōsequī | — | prōsequēns | — | |||||||||
| future | prōsecūtūrum esse, prōsequūtūrum esse |
— | prōsecūtūrus, prōsequūtūrus |
prōsequendus | |||||||||
| perfect | prōsecūtum esse, prōsequūtum esse |
— | prōsecūtus, prōsequūtus |
— | |||||||||
| future perfect | prōsecūtum fore, prōsequūtum fore |
— | — | — | |||||||||
| perfect potential | prōsecūtūrum fuisse, prōsequūtūrum fuisse |
— | — | — | |||||||||
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||||||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||||||||
| prōsequendī | prōsequendō | prōsequendum | prōsequendō | prōsecūtum, prōsequūtum |
prōsecūtū, prōsequūtū | ||||||||
Derived terms
- prōsecūtiō
- prōsecūtor
- prōsecūtus
- prōsequium
Related terms
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- >? Italian: proseguire (or semi-learned)
- Gallo-Romance: (via *prosequere)
- Franco-Provençal: porsiuvre, porsègre
- Old French: porsuir, pursure
- French: poursuivre
- Norman: poursuivre
- ⇒? Vulgar Latin: *prosequitāre
- Italian: proseguitare (or semi-learned or from a blend)
- Sicilian: prusicutari (or semi-learned)
- → English: prosecute
- Borrowings:
- → Catalan: prosseguir (semi-learned)
- → Portuguese: prosseguir (semi-learned)
- → Spanish: proseguir (semi-learned)
References
- “prosequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “prosequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “prosequor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to accompany any one when starting; to see a person off: aliquem proficiscentem prosequi
- to wish any one a prosperous journey: aliquem proficiscentem votis ominibusque prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11, note Prosequi...)
- to attend a person's funeral: exsequias alicuius funeris prosequi
- to perform the last offices of affection: supremis officiis aliquem prosequi (vid sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
- to show kindness to..: benevolentia aliquem complecti or prosequi
- to wish prosperity to an undertaking: aliquid optimis ominibus prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
- to honour, show respect for, a person: aliquem honore afficere, augere, ornare, prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
- to show a thankful appreciation of a person's kindness: grata memoria aliquem prosequi
- to think of a person with a grateful sense of his goodness: nomen alicuius grato animo prosequi
- to feel affection for a person: amore prosequi, amplecti aliquem
- to use insulting expressions to any one: contumeliosis vocibus prosequi aliquem (vid. sect. VI. 11, note Prosequi...)
- to be courteous, obliging to some one: aliquem officiis suis complecti, prosequi
- to pursue the enemy: hostes insequi, prosequi
- to accompany any one when starting; to see a person off: aliquem proficiscentem prosequi