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                    "description": "(P. a.) : per-sĕquor, cūtus and quūtus, 3\n* V. dep. a. and n. (act. collat. form of the imperat. persece for perseque, Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 23 fin.).\n* Act., to follow perseveringly, to follow after, continue to follow, pursue.\n* Lit.\n* Neutr., to follow or come after: exacta vindemia gramine persecuto,when the grass has grown again,Pall. 3, 26, 5.!*? In a pass. signif. (post-class.): illa se in mare praecipitavit, ne persequeretur,Hyg. Fab. 198 dub.—Hence, persĕquens, entis, , used as subst. *\n* Transf., to follow up, come up with, overtake: quo ego te ne persequi quidem possem triginta diebus,Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 3; id. Div. 2, 72, 149: mors et fugacem persequitur virum,Hor. C. 3, 2, 14.\n* Trop.\n* To go through a place in pursuit of any thing, to search through: omnes solitudines,Cic. Pis. 22, 53.\n* In gen., to follow perseveringly, to pursue any thing: omnes vias persequar,Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 6: viam,Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 4: eas artes,Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72.\n* In partic.\n* With the accessory notion of striving after, to pursue, hunt after, seek to obtain, strive after, = appetere, affectare: quis est, qui utilia non studiosissime persequatur?Cic. Off. 3, 28, 101: ego mihi alios deos penates persequar,Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 7: Pl. Tene priusquam hinc abeo savium. Ph. Si quidem mi hercle regnum detur, numquam id potius persequar, id. Curc. 1, 3, 55: hereditates,Ter. And. 4, 5, 20: hereditates aut syngraphas,Cic. Leg. 3, 8, 18: cujusquemodi voluptates,id. Fin. 2, 7, 22: ego meum jus persequar, I will pursue or assert my right, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 9; Cic. Caecin. 3, 8: persequendi juris sui potestas,id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21: bona tua repetere ac persequi lite atque judicio,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 13, § 32: possumus rem nostram persequi,id. Quint. 13, 45 fin.: cum tribunus plebis poenas a seditioso cive per bonos viros judicio persequi vellet,sought to obtain,id. Fam. 1, 9, 15.\n* With inf., to hasten, be eager (rare): nec scimus quam in partem ingredi persequamur,Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 4.\n* To follow, be a follower of; to imitate, copy after a person or thing as a guide or pattern: si vero Academiam veterem persequamur,Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7: sectam et instituta alicujus,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183: ego neglectā barbarorum inscitiā te persequar,id. Fam. 9, 3, 2; id. Ac. 2, 23, 74: ut, quae maxime excellant in eo, quem imitabitur, ea diligentissime persequatur,id. de Or. 2, 22, 90.\n* To pursue, proceed against, prosecute; to revenge, avenge, take vengeance upon a person or thing: aliquem bello,Caes. B. G. 5, 1: aliquem judicio,Cic. Fl. 20, 47: alicujus injurias ulcisci ac persequi,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9; so, injuriam,id. Mur. 21, 44; Sall. J. 14, 23; cf. Kritz ad Sall. C. 9,  5: mortem alicujus,Cic. Fam. 9, 3, 2: de persequendis inimicitiis,Caes. B. C. 3, 83 fin.: Trebonii mortem,Cic. Phil. 13, 18, 39; Caes. B. G. 7, 38; Liv. 40, 11 fin.: adulterium,Sen. Contr. 3, 20.\n* To persecute for religious belief or practice (eccl. Lat.), Tert. ad Scap. 5; Vulg. Johan. 15, 20; id. Act. 7, 52; id. Rom. 12, 14 et saep.\n* To follow in writing, to take down, minute down: celeritate scribendi, quae dicerentur persequi,Cic. Sull. 14, 42: multa diserte dixit, quae notarius persequi non potuit,Sen. Apoc. 9, 2.\n* To follow up with action, to follow out, perform, execute, bring about, do, accomplish, etc.: hoc, ut dico, factis persequar,Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 11: erus quod imperavit persequi,id. Am. 2, 1, 40: imperium patris,id. Stich. 1, 2, 84 sq.: ex usu quod est, id persequar,Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 10: mandata,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 3: si idem extrema persequitur qui inchoavit,id. Prov. Cons. 8, 19: vitam inopem et vagam,to lead,id. Phil. 12, 7, 15.—Absol.: sed tamen ibo et persequar,will go and obey,Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 64.\n* In partic., to follow out in speech or writing, to set forth, treat of, relate, recount, describe, explain, etc.: aliquid voce,Cic. Planc. 23, 56: dum rationes Persequor,set forth, treat of, discuss the reasons,Lucr. 5, 56: quae versibus persecutus est Ennius,Cic. Sen. 6, 16: philosophiam Latinis litteris,id. Ac. 1, 3, 12: aliquid scripturā,id. Fam. 15, 21, 4: obscenas voluptates,id. N. D. 1, 40, 111: res Hannibalis,id. Div. 1, 24, 49: has res in eo libro,id. Off. 2, 24, 87: quae persequerer, si commemorare possem sine dolore,id. Fam. 5, 13, 3: da te in sermonem et persece Et confice, etc., Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 23, 3.—*\n* A pursuer, practiser: flagitii,Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 13.— *\n* A revenger, avenger: inimicitiarum persequentissimus,Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29."
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