Latin

Verb

prōsequor ‎(present infinitive prōsequī, perfect active prōsecūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. I escort, accompany.
2. I pursue, follow.
3. I describe in detail.
4. (figuratively) I attend, wait on, allow, accommodate

Inflection

Derived terms

• prōsecūtiō
• prōsecūtor
• prōsecūtus
• prōsequium

Related terms

Descendants

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “prosequor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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