prosequor

prō-sĕquor, cūtus (quūtus), 3, v. dep. a., to follow (in a friendly or hostile manner), to accompany, attend; to follow after, pursue (class.; cf.: comitor, stipo).

I.

Lit.:

novum maritum volo rus prosequi,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 2, 3:

eum milites electi circiter CXX. sunt prosecuti,

Caes. B. C. 3, 91:

Dianam ture odoribusque incensis prosecutae sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77; id. Att. 6, 3, 6:

unum omnes illum prosequebantur,

Nep. Alc. 6, 3:

aliquem in domum,

Gell. 18, 1, 16:

exsequias,

to attend a funeral, Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 14; so,

defunctum in conditorium,

Petr. 111; cf.:

Bassus noster videtur mihi prosequi se,

to attend his own funeral, Sen. Ep. 30, 5:

lacrimis ad saevas prosequor usque fores,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 62; Cic. Planc. 10, 26:

Aeneas Prosequitur lacrimans longe,

Verg. A. 6, 476; 12, 72.—In a hostile sense, to follow after, pursue:

fugientes prosequi,

Caes. B. C. 2, 41:

hostem,

id. ib. 2, 8:

novissimos multa millia passuum prosecuti,

id. B. G. 2, 11; 5, 9:

iste iratus hominem verbis vehementioribus prosequitur,

i. e. assailed, attacked, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 73:

aliquem contumeliosis vocibus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 69:

speculatores, qui prosequerentur agmen, missi,

Liv. 27, 15; 30, 29:

armati qui eos prosequebantur,

Curt. 3, 13, 9:

aliquem lapidibus,

Petr. 90.—Of animals:

eādem cane anxie prosequente,

Just. 1, 4, 11; Sil. 4, 615.—With abl., of following with the eyes:

oculis abeuntem prosequor udis,

Ov. H. 12, 55; 5, 55:

aliquos visu,

Stat. Th. 5, 483.—

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.

A.

To honor, adorn, or present one with a thing, to bestow any thing upon one; constr. with abl., rarely with cum and abl.:

benevolentiā, aut misericordiā prosequi aliquem,

Cic. Brut. 1, 4:

aliquem honorificis verbis,

id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:

virtutem alicujus gratā memoriā,

id. Phil. 14, 11, 30:

nomen alicujus grato animo,

id. ib. 4, 1, 3:

memoriam cujuspiam clamore et plausu,

id. ib. 10, 4, 8:

aliquem laudibus,

Liv. 9, 8:

aliquem beneficiis ac liberalitate,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 94:

cum me in illo tristi et acerbo luctu atque discessu non lacrimis solum tuis, sed animo, corpore, copiis prosecutus esses,

id. Planc. 30, 73; cf.:

reliquum est ut tuam profectionem amore prosequar, reditum spe exspectem,

id. Fam. 15, 21, 5:

delictum veniā,

Tac. A. 13, 35:

Maximum libenter apud te testimonio prosequar,

Plin. Ep. 10, 85 (17):

prosecuti cum donis legatos sunt,

Liv. 39, 55, 4:

decedentem domum cum favore ac laudibus prosecuti sunt,

id. 2, 31, 11:

Senatus gratias egit Caesari, quod et ipse cum summo honore mentionem ejus prosecutus esset,

Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 5; cf.:

aliquem uberrimo congiario,

Suet. Caes. 27:

milites,

id. Aug. 49.—

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.