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発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈsɛ.kʷɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈsɛː.kʷor]

動詞

sequor (present infinitive sequī, perfect active secūtus sum or sequūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. (with accusative) to follow, to come or go after, to pursue

   Synonyms: persequor, cōnsequor, īnsequor, īnsector, continuō, excipiō, exsequor, agō, premō, īnstō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 3.188:

     Cēdāmus Phoebō et monitī meliōra sequāmur.

     Let us yield to Phoebus, and having been warned follow better things.

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.20:

     Video meliora proboque, deteriora sequor.

     I see, and I desire the better: I follow the worse.

   • 234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura:

     Rem tene, verba sequentur.

     Grasp the subject, the words will follow.

2. to accede or conform to, follow, comply with
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.537–538:

     “Īliacās igitur classēs atque ultima Teucrum / iussa sequar? [...].”

     Dido asks herself: “Should I then follow the Ilian ships and [accede to] the utmost Teucrian orders?”
     (The dual meaning for “sequar” exemplifies zeugma. People from Ilium, descendants of King Teucer = The Trojans.)

3. to attend, accompany

   Synonyms: comitō, exsequor, cōnsequor

4. to succeed (i.e., follow in position)

   Synonyms: subeō, succēdō, excipiō

5. (logic, third person) to follow, ensue

使用する際の注意点

The verb dūcere is used for "to be followed," effectively giving dūcere two passives, this verb being one of them.

In later Latin, an active voice was invented for "to follow," leading to the passive forms being relegated to "to be followed."

Conjugation

派生語

関連する語

• secus
• socius

派生した語

参照

Further reading

• “sequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sequor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to follow in any one's steps: vestigia alicuius sequi, persequi or vestigiis aliquem sequi, persequi
    
  • to court a person's favour; to ingratiate oneself with..: gratiam alicuius sibi quaerere, sequi, more strongly aucupari
    
  • to be a lover of ease, leisure: otium sequi, amplexari
    
  • to adopt some one's opinion: ad alicuius sententiam accedere, sententiam alicuius sequi
    
  • to try to conjecture probabilities: probabilia coniectura sequi
    
  • my intention is..: id sequor, ut
    
  • to be guided by another's example: auctoritatem alicuius sequi
    
  • to be a follower, disciple of some one: sectam alicuius sequi (Brut. 31. 120)
    
  • it follows from this that..: sequitur (not ex quo seq.) ut
    
  • to hold by the letter (of the law): verba ac litteras or scriptum (legis) sequi (opp. sententia the spirit)
    
  • to strive to attain virtue: virtutem sequi, virtutis studiosum esse
    
  • to follow fixed principles of conduct: certas rationes in agendo sequi
    
  • to embrace the cause of..., be a partisan of..: alicuius partes (causam) or simply aliquem sequi
    
  • to be neutral: neutram partem sequi
    
  • to follow the standards: signa sequi (opp. a signis discedere, signa relinquere)