(adj.adv.) : sĕquax, ācis, adj.sequor
* Following or seeking after, pursuing, sequacious (poet.; a favorite word of Vergil).
* Lit.: Medea,Prop. 4 (5), 5, 41.(Arcadas) Latio dare terga sequaci,pursuing,Verg. A. 10, 365: cui (frondi) Silvestres uri assidue capraeque sequaces Illudunt,hunting after, eager for it,id. G. 2, 374 Wagn. N. cr. (cf.: cytisum sequitur lasciva capella,id. E. 2, 64): flammae,darting, lambent,id. A. 8, 432: hederae,clinging, winding,Pers. prol. 6: fumi,piercing, penetrating,Verg. G. 4, 230: Maleae undae,pursuing,id. A. 5, 193: quae (chelys) saxa sequacia flectens,Sid. Carm. 16, 3 (for which: saxa sequentia,Ov. M. 11, 2): oculi,following,Stat. Th. 3, 500; so Calp. Ecl. 1, 31: ensis,following speedily, rapidly moving,Val. Fl. 7, 619.—As subst.: sĕquax, ācis, m., an attendant, follower: Bacchi Venerisque,Manil. 5, 143; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 6, 23; 1, 13.
* In partic., of materials, in working, yielding, pliable, ductile, flexible: trabes,Val. Fl. 1, 124: bituminum sequax ac lenta natura,Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 65: natura cornus,id. 11, 37, 45, § 127: lentitia salicis ad vincturas,id. 16, 37, 68, § 174 et saep.—Comp.: nec est alia nunc materia sequacior (vitro),Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 198: flexibiles quamcumque in partem ducimur a principe, atque ut ita dicam, sequaces sumus,Plin. Pan. 45, 5.
* Trop., following, pursuing: naturas hominum varias moresque sequaces,following them,Lucr. 3, 315: metus hominum curaeque sequaces,pursuing them,id. 2, 47: scabies sequax malum,Grat. Cyn. 411.
* Following, tractable: imbueret novas artes sensusque sequaces,Aus. Idyll. 5, 3; so, discipuli,Pacat. Pan. Theod. 15.—Hence, adv.: sĕquācĭter, of course, consequently, Arn. 2, 49; 2, 75; Aug. Doctr. Christ. 2, 22; id. de Musica, 4, 10.