Inherited fromProto-Italic *sekʷōr Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ( “ to follow ” ) . Cognates includeSanskrit सचते ( sácate ) ,Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬉 ( hacaitē ) andAncient Greek ἕπομαι ( hépomai ) .[ 1]
sequor (present infinitive sequī perfect active secūtus sum or sequūtus sum third conjugation ,deponent
( with accusative ) follow , tocome orgo after, topursue Synonyms: persequor cōnsequor īnsequor īnsector continuō excipiō exsequor agō premō īnstō 29BCE BCE ,
Virgil ,
Aeneid 3.188 :
Cēdāmus Phoebō et monitī meliōrasequāmur . Let us yield to Phoebus, and having been warnedfollow better things. 8CE ,
Ovid ,
Metamorphoses 7.20 :
Video meliora proboque, deteriorasequor . I see, and I desire the better: Ifollow the worse. toaccede orconform to,follow ,comply with29BCE BCE ,
Virgil ,
Aeneid 4.537–538 :
“Īliacās igitur classēs atque ultima Teucrum / iussasequar ? [...].” Dido asks herself: “Should I thenfollow the Ilian ships and[accede to] the utmost Teucrian orders?”zeugma . People from Ilium, descendants of King Teucer = The Trojans.) toattend ,accompany Synonyms: comitō exsequor cōnsequor tosucceed (i.e., follow in position)Synonyms: subeō succēdō excipiō ( logic , third person) follow ,ensue The verbdūcere 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."
indicative singular plural first second third first second third active present sequor sequeris sequere sequitur sequimur sequiminī sequuntur imperfect sequēbar sequēbāris sequēbāre sequēbātur sequēbāmur sequēbāminī sequēbantur future sequar sequēris sequēre sequētur sequēmur sequēminī sequentur perfect secūtus sequūtus sum pluperfect secūtus sequūtus sum future perfect secūtus sequūtus sum subjunctive singular plural first second third first second third active present sequar sequāris sequāre sequātur sequāmur sequāminī sequantur imperfect sequerer sequerēris sequerēre sequerētur sequerēmur sequerēminī sequerentur perfect secūtus sequūtus sum pluperfect secūtus sequūtus sum imperative singular plural first second third first second third active present — sequere — — sequiminī — future — sequitor sequitor — — sequuntor non-finite forms infinitive participle active passive active passive present sequī — sequēns — future secūtūrum esse sequūtūrum esse — secūtūrus sequūtūrus sequendus perfect secūtum esse sequūtum esse — secūtus sequūtus — future perfect secūtum fore sequūtum fore — — — perfect potential secūtūrum fuisse sequūtūrum fuisse — — — verbal nouns gerund supine genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative sequendī sequendō sequendum sequendō secūtum sequūtum secūtū sequūtū
Insular Romance: Italo-Romance: Gallo-Romance:Northern:Franco-Provençal:siuvre Old French:siure sivre see there for further descendants ) Southern: Ibero-Romance: ⇒ Vulgar Latin:*sequitare Borrowings: ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008 ), “sequor, sequī”, inEtymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill,→ISBN pages555-6 “sequor Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ),A Latin Dictionary “sequor Charlton T. Lewis (1891 ),An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers “sequor ”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934 ),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894 ),Latin Phrase-Book [1] Macmillan and Co. to follow in any one's steps:vestigia alicuius sequi, persequi vestigiis aliquem sequi, persequi to court a person's favour; to ingratiate oneself with..:gratiam alicuius sibi quaerere, sequi 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 it follows from this that..:sequitur ex quo seq. ut to hold by the letter (of the law):verba ac litteras scriptum (legis) sequi sententia 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) aliquem sequi to be neutral:neutram partem sequi to follow the standards:signa sequi a signis discedere, signa relinquere 
