I.a., to follow close after or immediately; to follow, succeed, ensue (class.).
I. Lit.
(α).
With acc.: “subsequor te,” Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 52; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 72: “has (cohortes) subsidiariae ternae subsequebantur,” Caes. B. C. 1, 83: “signa,” id. B. G. 4, 26: “ancillam,” Ov. H. 20, 131: “senem,” id. F. 4, 528. —
(β).
Absol.: “quom verba facis, subsequere,” Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 116: “Caesar equitatu praemisso sequebatur omnibus copiis,” Caes. B. G. 2, 19; cf. id. ib. 2, 11; 5, 18; Liv. 27, 31 al.: “subsequitur, pressoque legit vestigia gressu,” Ov. M. 3, 17: “subsequiturque manus,” id. F. 2, 336.—
B. Transf., of inanim. or abstr. subjects: “(Hesperus) tum antecedens, tum subsequens,” Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; cf.: “minorem Septentrionem Cepheus a tergo subsequitur,” id. ib. 2, 43, 111: “digitis subsequens verba,” id. de Or. 3, 59, 220; cf.: “hos motus subsequi debet gestus,” id. ib. 3, 59, 220: “totidem subsecuti libri Tusculanarum disputationum,” id. Div. 2, 1, 2; Lucr. 2, 496: “si ducis consilia favor subsecutus militum foret,” Liv. 8, 36: “subsequenti tempore,” Vell. 1, 4, 3; so, “subsequenti anno,” the following, next year, Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101: “proxima subsequitur, quid agas, audire voluptas,” Ov. P. 2, 7, 3.—
II. Trop., to follow after, mentally or in opinion, to follow, adhere to, comply with, conform to, imitate a person or thing; with acc.: “Speusippus Platonem avunculum subsequens,” Cic. N. D. 1, 13, 32; cf. id. Div. 1, 3, 6: “ut locupletes omnes summum ordinem subsequantur,” id. Phil. 13, 10, 23: “te imitari. te subsequi student,” Plin. Pan. 84, 5.—With abl.: “mirifice ipse suo sermone subsecutus est humanitatem litterarum tuarum,” Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 2; Liv. 8, 35; Dig. 42, 2, 6: “(orationis) vim ac varietatem,” Cic. Part. Or. 7, 25.—Hence, adv.: subsĕquenter , in succession, one after another, Mess. Corv. Prog. Aug. 23; Aug. Enarr. in Psa. 87.