exĕco Copy link ⓘexĕcūtē: adverbialexĕcūte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg • exĕco, exē̆cror, exĕcūtio, exĕ-quor, etc., v. exsec., exsequ., etc.
exĕquĭae Copy link ⓘexĕcūtē: adverbialexĕcūte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg • exĕquĭae, exĕquor, etc., v. exseq-.
ex-sĕquor Copy link Outline I. In partic., to follow or accompany to the grave ...II. Trop. . ...A. In gen., to follow, follow after, accompany; to go after ...B. In partic.1. To follow up, prosecute, carry out; to perform ...2. To go through with in speaking, to relate ...3. To pursue with punishment, to punish ... ⓘexĕcūtē: adverbialexĕcūte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg • ex-sĕquor or exĕquor, cūtus, 3, v. dep. a., to follow to the end, to pursue, follow. I. In partic., to follow or accompany to the grave (cf. the deriv. exsequiae): funus, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 10, 16, 25: aliquem omni laude et laetitia, Cic. poëta in Tusc. 1, 48, 115 (a transl. of ἐκπέμπειν, in Eurip.). II. Trop. (class.; most freq. in the special significations). A. In gen., to follow, follow after, accompany; to go after, to pursue: quae exanimata exsequitur aspectum tuum, Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 3: quid petam praesidi aut exsequar? Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 112 ed. Vahl.): non igitur dubium, quin aeternitatem maluerit exsequi, etc., to follow after, take pattern after, Cic. Univ. 2 fin.: cur non omnes fatum illius (Pompei) una exsecuti sumus? followed, pursued, subjected ourselves to, id. Att. 9, 12, 1; cf. id. Phil. 2, 22, 54: sectam meam exsecutae comites, joined, Cat. 63, 15: suam quisque spem, sua consilia, communibus deploratis, exsequentes, Liv. 5, 40, 5: aerumnam, qs. to pursue, i. e. to undergo, suffer, endure, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 1: egestatem, id. Trin. 3, 2, 60: mortem, id. Ps. 4, 2, 38: probrum, id. Truc. 2, 5, 8.— B. In partic. 1. To follow up, prosecute, carry out; to perform, execute, accomplish, fulfil (syn.: conficio, perficio, perago, consummo, patro, perpetro, absolvo): nullam rem oportet dolose aggrediri, nisi Astute accurateque exsequare, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 10; cf.: est difficile id non exsequi usque ad extremum, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 5: inceptum hoc itiner perficere exsequar, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 72 and 88: incepta, Liv. 30, 4, 10: imperium, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 22: mandata vestra, Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 9: omnia regis officia et munera, id. de Sen. 10, 34; cf.: munus officii (with tueri), id. ib. 20, 72: munus (with fungi), id. Tusc. 3, 7, 15: negotia, id. Off. 1, 23, 79: obsidiones, Tac. A. 15, 4: scelus, Curt. 8, 6: sermonem cum aliquo, to converse, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 5: cum civitas armis jus suum exsequi conaretur, to assert, maintain, * Caes. B. G. 1, 4, 3: comptam et mitem orationem, Cic. de Sen. 9, 28.—With a rel.-clause: quem locum ipse capturus esset, cogitando aut quaerendo exsequebatur, Liv. 35, 28, 4: summa omnia cum cura inquirendo exequebatur, id. 22. 3, 2.—With ut: mihi Exsequi certa res est, ut abeam Potius hinc ad forum, quam domi cubem, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 17.— 2. To go through with in speaking, to relate, describe, say, tell (freq. since the Aug. period): quae vix verbis exsequi possum, Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 6: quidam exsecuti sunt verbosius, Quint. 5, 12, 15: si omnia exsequi velim, Liv. 27, 27, 12: haec omnia copiosius, Quint. 9, 3, 89: quae diligentius, id. 10, 4, 6: quae divine in Oratore (Tullius), id. 1, 6, 18: caelestia dona aërii mellis, Verg. G. 4, 2; cf.: laudes brassicae, Plin. 20, 9, 33, § 78: numerum subtiliter, Liv. 3, 5, 13: sententias, Tac. A. 3, 65: vetera facunde, id. ib. 12, 58: vera, id. ib. 11, 21: imagines et elogia universi generis, Suet. Galb. 3 et saep.— 3. To pursue with punishment, to punish, avenge (perh. not ante-Aug.): omnia scire, non omnia exsequi, Tac. Agr. 19: deorum hominumque violata jura, Liv. 3, 25, 8: injurias accusationibus, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 5: delicta, Suet. Caes. 67: doloris exsequendi jus, Liv. 5, 11, 5: justum dolorem, Dig. 29, 5, 33.—Absol.: pater caedetur? defendam: caesus est? exsequar, Sen. de Ira, 1, 12; Dig. 34, 9, 22.—Once with a pers. object: me L. Tarquinium Superbum cum scelerata coniuge, etc., ferro, igni exsecuturum, to pursue, Liv. 1, 59, 1 (MSS.; Weissenb. et al. exacturum).—Hence, exsĕ-quens (exeq-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.), searching after, studious of: memoriarum veterum exsequentissimus, Gell. 10, 12, 9.!*? exsequi as pass.: quaerebatur an prioris judicis sententia exsequi possit, could be carried out (cf. II. B. supra), Dig. 2, 1, 19.—Hence, exsĕcūtus (exec-), a, um, in pass. signif.: exsecuto regis imperio, executed, Just. 7, 3, 2.
exequor Copy link ⓘexĕcūtē: adverbialexĕcūte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg EXEQVOR, et EXSEQVOR utus sum, equi. [ἐπιτελέω, ἀποπληρόω, διεξέρχομαι] Perficere, absoluere. […] 🗁 Page Scan
EXĔQUOR Copy link ⓘexĕcūtē: adverbialexĕcūte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg EXĔQUOR ↗Open in new tab (exequor)
execute Copy link Outline I. To carry out, fulfil1. exsĕquor, cūtus, 32. persĕquor, 3 (to the end, completely)3. perfĭcio, 3II. To inflict capital punishment upon1. expr. by supplĭcium and a verb2. nĕco, 1 (usu. of a cruel, violent death)III. Of works of art; to produce1. făcio, 32. expr. by pingo, sculpo (scalpo), exprĭmo, etc. • execute: I. To carry out, fulfil: 1. exsĕquor, cūtus, 3: to e. a commission, mandata ex., Cic.: to e. a decree or sentence, decretum ex., Ulp. Dig. 43, 4, 3; also judicatum, judicium, sententiam ex., v. Forcell. s. v. 2. persĕquor, 3 (to the end, completely): carefully to e. a commission, mandata diligenter p., Cic.: v. to perform. 3. perfĭcio, 3: v. to accomplish. II. To inflict capital punishment upon: 1. expr. by supplĭcium and a verb: supplicio capitis afficere, Suet. Gal. 12 (or without capitis, Caes. B. G. 1, 27); supplicium sumere (de aliquo), Sall. Cat. 50; ad supplicium dare, Nep. Paus. fin. See also punishment. 2. nĕco, 1 (usu. of a cruel, violent death): (Postumius) e.d his own son, filium suum securi necavit, Gell. 17, 21, med.: Sall. Cat. 52, ad fin. Usu. the mode of execution is specified; as, securi ferire, gulam (alicui) frangere: v. to behead, strangle, etc. III. Of works of art; to produce: 1. făcio, 3: he e.d (a painting of) Neoptolemus on horseback, fecit Neoptolemum ex equo, etc., Plin. 35, 10, 36: to e. a statue, statuam f., Plin. 2. expr. by pingo, sculpo (scalpo), exprĭmo, etc.: v. to paint, sculpture, engrave, etc.
EXECUTE Copy link • EXECUTEexsequi: persequi (to follow up anything till it is done, especially of things done by rule or direction, officium, mandata): conficere (to bring to an end, so that the labor is over; to finish, without reference to the production of a perfect work: itinera, mandata, conficiuntur, non perficiuntur nec absolvuntur, D.): efficere: ad effectum adducere (to bring to actual existence): perficere (to carry through to the end; to make anything perfect; opposed to inchoare, to begin): absolvere (to finish off, so that no more remains to be done; to make complete; opposed to inchoare, instituere). (The words are found in this connection and order.) absolvere ac (et) perficere: peragere (to carry a business through): sometimes facere alone (opposed to cogitare). To be able to execute anything, *parem esse alicui rei exsequendae: to execute a commission, jussum or imperatum facere: mandata efficere, conficere, perficere, exsequi, persequi; in the exactest manner, mandata exhaurire: imperio alicujus defungi: to execute a will, testamentum facere (general term) or conficere. Punish capitally, supplicium capitis sumere de aliquo: supplicio capitis afficere aliquem: aliquem supplicio punire: aliquem morte multare: to execute (if the mode is beheading), caput alicujus praecidere (with the sword; it would be wrong to say caput cervicibus abscidere; unless the person is first strangled, Cic., Phil., 2, 2, cervicibus fractis caput abscidit): securi ferire or percutere (with the axe, as the instrument used by the executioner): decollare (as a general term, post-Augustan; Sen. and Suet., and even then rejected from the more elevated style): to be tortured and then executed, omni supplicio excruciatum, or omnibus cruciatibus affectum necari.