exsequor

Latin

Alternative forms

• exequor

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor

Proto-Italic *sekʷōr

Latin sequor

Latin exsequor

From ex- + sequor (“follow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛks.sɛ.kʷɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛks.se.kʷor]

Verb

exsequor (present infinitive exsequī, perfect active exsecūtus sum or exsequūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to follow after thoroughly, steadfastly accompany, go after, seek after, pursue persistently

   Synonyms: persequor, sequor, cōnsequor, īnsequor, īnsector, comitō, continuō, excipiō, premō, agō, īnstō, apīscor

2. to follow or accompany to the grave
3. (figuratively) to pursue (a course of action), follow up, carry out, enforce, perform, execute, accomplish, fulfill

   Synonyms: perficiō, cōnficiō, absolvō, agō, expleō, patrō, efficiō, cumulō, impleō, conclūdō, condō, peragō, dēfungor, fungor, nāvō, perpetrō, trānsigō, prōflīgō, gerō, claudō, inclūdō, exhauriō

   • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 259–260:

     Sed nunc, quid prīmum exsequar? / Tot mē inpediunt cūrae, quae meum animum divorsae trahunt.

     But now, what should I pursue first? So many worries hinder me, which pull my mind in different directions.

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.395–396:

     [...] multa gemēns magnōque animum labefactus amōre,
     iussa tamen dīvom exsequitur classemque revīsit.

     [Aeneas,] bemoaning so much, his resolve weakened by intense passion, nevertheless fulfills the commands of the gods and returns to the fleet.

4. to follow up, investigate, examine

   Synonyms: lūstrō, perlūstrō, circumspiciō, cōnspiciō, obeō, īnspiciō, recēnseō, arbitror, cōnsīderō, reputō

5. to go through with in speaking, rehearse, relate, describe, say, tell
6. to pursue with vengeance or punishment, punish, avenge

   Synonyms: castīgō, multō, pūniō, expiō, mulctō, obiūrgō, animadvertō, moneō, plēctō, ulcīscor

Conjugation

   Conjugation of exsequor (third conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	exsequor		exsequeris, exsequere		exsequitur		exsequimur		exsequiminī		exsequuntur
	imperfect	exsequēbar		exsequēbāris, exsequēbāre		exsequēbātur		exsequēbāmur		exsequēbāminī		exsequēbantur
	future	exsequar		exsequēris, exsequēre		exsequētur		exsequēmur		exsequēminī		exsequentur
	perfect	exsecūtus or exsequūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	exsecūtus or exsequūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	exsecūtus or exsequūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	exsequar		exsequāris, exsequāre		exsequātur		exsequāmur		exsequāminī		exsequantur
	imperfect	exsequerer		exsequerēris, exsequerēre		exsequerētur		exsequerēmur		exsequerēminī		exsequerentur
	perfect	exsecūtus or exsequūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	exsecūtus or exsequūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		exsequere		—		—		exsequiminī		—
	future	—		exsequitor		exsequitor		—		—		exsequuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		exsequī			—			exsequēns			—
future		exsecūtūrum esse, exsequūtūrum esse			—			exsecūtūrus, exsequūtūrus			exsequendus
perfect		exsecūtum esse, exsequūtum esse			—			exsecūtus, exsequūtus			—
future perfect		exsecūtum fore, exsequūtum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		exsecūtūrum fuisse, exsequūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		exsequendī		exsequendō		exsequendum		exsequendō		exsecūtum, exsequūtum		exsecūtū, exsequūtū

Derived terms

• exsecūtiō
• exsecūtor
• exsecūtus
• exsequēns
• exsequiae

Related terms

• assequor
• cōnsequor
• īnsequor
• obsequor
• persequor
• prōsequor
• resequor
• sequor
• subsequor

Descendants

• → Italian: eseguire (semi-learned)
  • →? Friulian: eseguî (or semi-learned)
  • →? Piedmontese: esegue, eseguì (or semi-learned)
• Derived from the participle exsecūtus:
  • ⇒ Medieval Latin: execūtō (see there for further descendants)

References

• “exsequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “exsequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “exsequor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to attend a person's funeral: funus alicuius exsequi
    
  • to execute a commission: mandatum exsequi, persequi, conficere
    
  • to execute, manage a business, undertaking: negotium obire, exsequi
    
  • to be unable to say all one wants: verbis non omnia exsequi posse
    
  • to do one's duty: officium suum facere, servare, colere, tueri, exsequi, praestare
    
  • to fulfil one's duty in every detail: omnes officii partes exsequi
    
  • to be engaged upon a transaction, carry it out: negotium obire or exsequi