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• pursue:

1. sĕquor, cūtus, 3: he began to p. them with all his forces, cum omnibus copiis eos s. coepit, Caes. B. G. 1, 26: et pass. Comps. (1). persĕquor, 3 (to follow up closely or to the end, to continue a pursuit): they p. the fugitives as far as the river, fugientes usque ad flumen persequuntur, ib. 7, 67: Sall. (2). insĕquor, 3 (to press up and assail): to p. with a drawn sword, stricto gladio ins., Cic. Ph. 2, 9, 21: p.ing (the enemy's) rear too eagerly, cupidius novissimum agmen insecuti, ib. 1, 15: cf. Sall. Jug. 50, ubicunque Romanorum turma insequi coeperat (where the sense is, to fall upon, attack): still oftener in sense (II.). (3). prōsĕquor, 3 (to p. to a distance): they could not p. the fugitives far, neque longius fugientes p. poterant, Caes. B. C. 2, 41.
2. insto, stĭti, 1; insisto, stĭti, 3 (to press close upon; giving an enemy no time to rally): with dat. or absol. cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 45, illi autem hoc acrius instabant (pressed them with the more vigour); and Liv. 26, 44, effusis (hostibus) insistere, to follow up a victory and press the rear of a routed enemy.
3. prĕmo, 3 (like insto): v. to press.

1. comps. of sĕquor: (1). insĕquor, 3; usu. with such modal ablatives as, clamore, minis, contumelia, etc.: Cic.: v. to assail. (2). exsĕquor, 3 (esp. to pursue with vengeance or retribution): that I will p. L. Tarquinius Superbus with fire and sword, me L. Tarquinium Superbum ferro igni exsecuturum, Liv. 1, 59. (3). persĕquor, 3 (to proceed against, prosecute, take vengeance on): to p. a state with war, bello civitatem p., Caes. B. G. 5, 1: so, in legal sense, judicio p., Cic. Fl. 20. (4). prōsĕquor, 3 (esp. to assail with outcry, from a distance): to p. with insulting cries, contumeliosis vocibus p., Caes. B. C. 1, 69: Cic.
2. comps. of sector, 1; all of which, as being frequentatives, denote pertinacity or vehemence of attack: (1). insector, 1: to p. (violently) with blows, verberibus i., Tac. A. 1, 20. Esp. in fig. sense: to p. any one as an enemy, inimice quempiam ins., Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 5; with abuse, maledictis ins., id. Fin. 2, 25, 80. (2). consector, 1 (a still stronger expr.): to p. the vanquished with implacable hatred, victos implacabili odio c., Tac. H. 4, init.: Cic. (clamoribus et conviciis et sibilis consectari, to assail furiously).
3. invĕhor, ctus, 3; with in and acc.: v. to inveigh against. (N.B.--The simple verbs sequor, sector, are not used in this sense.)

1. sĕquor, 3: v. to follow. Also comp. persĕquor, 3 (strengthened): to p. (throughout) a certain course, viam p., Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 4.
2. insisto, 3: with dat. or acc.: what plan of action they would p., quam rationem pugnae insisterent, Caes. B. G. 3, 14.
3. less exactly, and without figure, ūtor, 3 (with abl.): to p. good counsels, bonis consiliis uti, Cic. fr. (Nizol.). (N.B.--Consilium inire, capere, refer to the adopting or entering on a plan, not to carrying it out.)

IV. To prosecute, carry on systematically: esp. in phr. to p. one's studies, studiis insistere, Quint. 1, 12, 10: also, *(literarum) studiis operam dare, Herm.; studia exercere, Kr.
V. To go on with, esp. in narration:

1. prōsĕquor, 3 (not persequor; which is to relate or describe fully): I will not p. the subject further, quod non prosequar longius, Cic. R. Am. 30, 83.
2. exsĕquor, 3: to p. an enterprise to the end, aliquid usque ad extremum ex., Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 5 to p. a subject in detail, aliquid copiosius ex., Quint. 9, 3, 89.

1. sĕquor, 3 to p. advantage, utilitatem s., Cic. Am. 27, 101: to p. petty gains (in trade), parvas mercedes s., Hor. S. 1, 6, 87 opp. to fugere (= to shun), id. Ep. 1, 1, 72.
2. consector, 1 (to p. or seek eagerly): to p. riches or power, opes aut potentiam c., Cic. Off. 1, 25, 86. Join: consectari, adipisci velle, id. Fin. 1, 10, 30.
3. pĕto, 3: v. to seek.

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