(P. a.P. a.adv.) : con-sĕquor, sĕcūtus (or sĕquūtus; v. sequor), 3
* V. dep. a.
* To follow, follow up, press upon, go after, attend, accompany, pursue any person or thing (class. in prose and poetry); constr. with acc. or absol.
* Lit.
* Meton. (causa pro effectu), by following after any person or thing, to reach, overtake, come up with, attain to, arrive at.
* Trop.
* In partic.
* To follow after or pursue in a hostile manner: reliquas copias Helvetiorum,Caes. B. G. 1, 13: reliquos,id. ib. 1, 53: consequuntur equites nostri, ut erat praeceptum, Auct. B. G. 8, 27: consecutis strenue hostibus,Curt. 5, 4, 34: fugientem (Servium),Liv. 1, 48, 4.—Absol.: ita mihi videntur omnia, mare, terra, caelum consequi, ut, etc.,Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 3 Fleck. Codd. (Ussing, concoqui).
* To follow, come after, in time: hunc Cethegum consecutus est aetate Cato, Cic. Brut. 15, 61: Sallustium (Livius, etc.),Vell. 2, 36, 3: has tam prosperas res consecuta est subita mutatio,Nep. Dion, 6, 1; cf. id. Cim. 3, 2: si haec in eum annum qui consequitur redundarint,Cic. Mur. 39, 85; cf.: omnes anni consequentes,id. Sen. 6, 19: tempus,id. Fin. 1, 20, 67: reliquis consecutis diebus,id. Phil. 1, 13, 32: ejusmodi tempora post tuam profectionem consecuta esse,id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 1; Auct. Her. 2, 5, 8: haec cum Crassus dixisset, silentium est consecutum. Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 160; cf. id. ib. 3, 2, 6; id. Tusc. 4, 8, 19: hominem consequitur aliquando, numquam comitatur divinitas,i. e. after death,Curt. 8, 5, 16.
* In gen. (rare): minas jam decem habet a me filia ... Hasce ornamentis consequentur alterae,Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 9: his diebus, quae praeterita erunt superiore mense, opera consequi oportet,to make up,Col. 11, 2, 90.—Far more freq.
* In partic.
* To follow a model, copy, an authority, example, opinion, etc.; to imitate, adopt, obey, etc.: Chrysippum Diogenes consequens partum Jovis dejungit a fabulā,Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 41: eum morem,id. Leg. 2, 7, 18: alicujus sententiam,Plaut. As. 2, 1, 13: necesse'st consilia consequi consimilia,Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 35; so, sententias (principum),Cic. Cat. 3, 6, 13: suum quoddam institutum,id. Off. 1, 32, 116: exilitatem,id. Brut. 82, 284: mediam consilii viam,Liv. 24, 45, 7.
* To follow a preceding cause as an effect, to ensue, result, to be the consequence, to arise or proceed from: rebus ab ipsis Consequitur sensus,Lucr. 1, 461; 3, 929; 4, 867; cf. id. 3, 477: ex quo fit ut pudorem rubor, terrorem pallor et tremor consequatur, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19: quam eorum opinionem magni errores consecuti sunt,id. ib. 1, 16, 36: quod dictum magna invidia consecuta est,Nep. Dion, 6, 4: ex quo illud naturā consequi, ut communem utilitatem nostrae anteponamus,Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 64; Quint. 6, 3, 44; 2, 3, 2: quia libertatem pax consequebatur,Cic. Phil. 1, 13, 32.
* Of a logical sequence, to follow: si quod primum in conexo est, necessarium est, fit etiam quod consequitur necessarium,Cic. Fat. 7, 14; 5, 9; cf. under P. a.
* Lit.
* With acc.: si statim navigas, nos Leucade consequere,Cic. Fam. 16, 1, 2: aliquem in itinere,id. Inv. 2, 4, 15; Pompeius ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, A, § 3: fugientem,Liv. 1, 48, 4; Curt. 4, 9, 25; Dig. 42, 8, 10, § 16; cf. Verg. A. 11, 722: cohortes,Suet. Caes. 31: virum,Ov. M. 10, 672: rates,id. ib. 8, 143 et saep.
* Trop., to reach, overtake, obtain (cf. assequor).
* Ingen.
* According to reason, correspondent, suitable, fit: in conjunctis verbis quod non est consequens vituperandum est,Cic. Part. Or. 6, 18; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 5; 5, 10, 75.—Hence
* In partic.
* That follows logically, consequent; with dat.: assentior, eorum quae posuisti alterum alteri consequens esse,Cic. Tusc. 5, 8, 21; cf. id. ib. 5, 7, 18.—Comp.: quid consequentius, quam ut, etc.,Aug. Trin. 15, 19 fin.—Sup. apparently not in use.—Hence, subst.: consĕ-quens, entis, n., a consequence: teneamus illud necesse est, cum consequens aliquod falsum sit, illud, cujus id consequens sit, non posse esse verum,Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 68: consequentibus vestris sublatis, prima tolluntur,id. ib. 4, 19, 55; id. de Or. 2, 53, 215; id. Top. 12, 53; Quint. 5, 10, 2; 6, 3, 66.— Hence, consĕquenter, adv. (post-class.).
* To reach with the sight, to distinguish (rare): animalia minuta, quae non possunt oculi consequi, Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 2.
* To attain to something intellectually or by speech, to understand, perceive, learn, know: similitudinem veri,Cic. Univ. 3 init.: plura,Nep. Alcib. 2, 1: quantum conjecturā, Caes. ap. Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10 (12), 4: omnis illorum conatus investigare et consequi,Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48; id. Fam. 1, 8, 6: omnia alicujus facta aut memoriā consequi aut oratione complecti. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57: tantam causam diligentiā consequi et memoriā complecti,id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39.
* Of speech or lang., to attain, be equal to, impress fully, do justice to, etc.: vestram magnitudinem multitudinemque beneficiorum,Cic. Red. Quir. 2, 5: laudes ejus verbis,id. Phil. 5, 13, 35, cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 270, 21: omnia verbis, Ov M. 15 419; cf. Cic. Dom. 50, 129.—Hence, consĕquens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
* Consequens est = consentaneum est, it is in accordance with reason, fit, suitable, etc.; with ut or acc. and inf.: consequens esse videtur, ut scribas, etc.,Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 15: consequens est, eos invitos non potuisse retineri,Quint. 5, 10, 77; so, dicere,Gell. 1, 4, 7; Dig. 43, 23, 15 fin.
* In an accordant, suitable manner, suitably, conformably; with dat.: prioribus dicere,Dig. 35, 2, 11; so ib. 10, 2, 18; App. M. 11, p. 257.—Absol., Hier. Ep. 22, n. 13.
* In consequence, consequently, App. M. 10 init.—Comp. and sup. not in use.!*? Pass.: quae vix ab hominibus consequi possunt ἀνύεσθαι, Orbilius ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.

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