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con-sector , ātus, 1,
I.v. dep., to follow, pursue, strive after eagerly, both in a good and bad sense.
I. Lit., to attend eagerly or continually; to go after a person or thing, etc.
A. Prop. (rare): “hos consector, his ultro arrideo,” Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 18: “mares, feminas,” Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 20; cf.: “senectam ovium (opp. agnas fastidire),” Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 188: “angiporta haec,” Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 137; cf. “rivulos,” Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 117.— More freq. (esp. in Cic.),
B. Trop., to pursue eagerly, to strive after, endeavor to gain; to emulate an example, to imitate, etc.: “qui non debita consectari soleant, quod debeatur remissuros,” Cic. Att. 13, 23, 3: “neque quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum, quia dolor sit, amet, consectetur, adipisci velit,” id. Fin. 1, 10, 32: “omnes umbras etiam falsae gloriae (corresp. with aucupari inanem rumorem),” id. Pis. 24, 57: opes aut potentiam, id. Off. 1, 25, 86: “benevolentiam Macedonum largitione,” id. ib. 2, 15, 53; id. Leg. 1, 2, 7: “verba,” id. Caecin. 19, 54: “ubertatem orationis,” id. Fin. 3, 5, 19: “plura (in discourse, opp. comprehendere brevi),” id. de Or. 1, 8, 34; Plin. Pan. 75; id. Ep. 5, 6, 43: “ista subtilius (in investigating),” Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 139: “insignia ac paene vitiosa imitando,” to imitate, Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 90: “vitium de industriā,” id. ib. 3, 11, 41: “versus Homeri (Maro),” Gell. 12, 1, 20.—
II. To follow in a hostile manner, to persecule, chase, pursue (most freq. in the histt.): “quosdam (latrones) consectatus est et confecit,” Cic. Inv. 2, 37, 111: “redeuntes equites quos possunt consectantur atque occidunt,” Caes. B. G. 5, 58; 3, 26; 4, 14; Nep. Them. 2, 3; Liv. 43, 10, 7; Vell. 2, 19, 2; Tac. Agr. 16; id. A. 4, 24; id. H. 1, 68.— Of the chase, * Lucr. 5, 965; cf. Liv. 21, 43, 8; 41, 9, 6: “Fuflum clamoribus et convitiis et sibilis,” Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 2: “victos implacabili odio,” Tac. H. 4, 1.—
B. Trop., of things omnia me mala consectantur, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 7.!*? In pass. signif.: uxorem tuam a populo lapidibus consectari video (διώκεσθαι), to be persecuted, Laber. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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