per-sequor cūtus or quūtus, ī, dep.,
to follow perseveringly, follow after, follow up,
pursue: certum est persequi, T.: me in
Asiam, T.: exercitum: Hortensium ipsius vestigiis:
alcuius vestigia: te, V.: Hanc persecuta mater,
Ph.—With infin: non ego te frangere
persequor, H.—To press upon, hunt down, chase, pursue: fugientes usque ad flumen, Cs.: deterrere
hostīs a persequendo, S.: feras,
O.: beluas, Cu.—To follow up, come up with,
overtake: te triginta diebus: Mors fugacem persequitur
virum, H.—To search over, to search through: solitudines.—Fig., to follow perseveringly, pursue, follow up:
viam, T.: eas
artīs.—To pursue, hunt after, seek to obtain, strive
after: utilia studiosissime: hereditates, T.: voluptates: meum ius, assert, T.: bona tua
lite atque iudicio. —To follow, be a follower of, imitate, copy
after: Academiam veterem: te.—To pursue, proceed
against, prosecute, revenge, avenge, take vengeance upon: bello
civitatem, Cs.: iniurias suas: de persequendis
inimicitiis, Cs.—To follow up, follow out, perform, execute,
prosecute, bring about, accomplish: ex usu quod est, id
persequar, T.: si idem extrema persequitur qui incohavit:
vitam inopem et vagam, lead: scelus,
O.—To take down, note down, record: quae
dicerentur.—To set forth, relate, recount, describe, explain:
quae versibus persecutus est Ennius: has res in libro.
