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prō-sĕquor , cūtus (quūtus), 3,
I.v. dep. a., to follow (in a friendly or hostile manner), to accompany, attend; to follow after, pursue (class.; cf.: comitor, stipo).
B. Transf., of inanim. and abstr. subjects, to follow, pursue; to accompany, attend: “prosequitur surgens a puppi ventus euntes,Verg. A. 3, 130: “naves mitterent quae se prosequerentur,Liv. 30, 25; cf. “exercitus,id. 7, 33; Curt. 3, 3, 24: “datae duae triremes ad prosequendum,Tac. H. 2, 9: “Cattos suos saltus Hercynius prosequitur simul atque deponit,goes as far as their territory extends, and then ceases, id. G. 30: “eadem (existimatio Quintum) usque ad rogum prosequatur,Cic. Quint. 31, 99; cf.: “(amici) mortui vivunt: tantus eos honos prosequitur amicorum,id. Lael. 7, 23.—
II. Trop.
B. To pursue, continue, follow up, to go on or proceed with an idea or theme: “si (rem) non ad extremum, sed usque eo, quo opus erit, prosequemur,Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14: “non prosequar longius,Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83: “illius vero mortis opportunitatem benevolentiā prosequamur,id. Brut. 1, 4: “pascua versu,to describe at length, Verg. G. 3, 340: “stilo munificentiae rationem,Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 8: “ut latius, quae cujusque adfectus natura sit, prosequamur,Quint. 5, 8, 2; 2, 6, 1: uno libello carissimam mihi memoriam prosequi, Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 3: ex ordine domesticos motus, to pursue, go through with, describe in order, Flor 3, 12, 14: “similitudinem,to follow up, Sen. Ep. 13, 3.—Absol., to proceed with one's speaking (poet.): “prosequitur pavitans, et ficto pectore fatur,Verg. A. 2, 107.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (46):
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    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.2.73
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.94
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.4.77
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 2.107
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.130
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.476
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.340
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 49
    • Caesar, Civil War, 1.69
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    • Tacitus, Annales, 13.35
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.9
    • Tacitus, Germania, 30
    • Plautus, Casina, 4.2
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 27
    • Cornelius Nepos, Alcibiades, 6.3
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 1.8.8
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 3.10.3
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 8.6.5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 30, 25
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 30, 29
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 39, 55
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 31.11
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 8
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    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 2.25
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 6.1
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    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 18.1.16
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 13.3
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 30.5
    • Ovid, Tristia, 1.8
    • Statius, Thebias, 5
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 3.13.9
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 3.3.24
    • Cicero, Brutus, 1.4
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