(v. n.adv.) : sub-sĕquor, cūtus, 3, v. n. and
* A., to follow close after or immediately; to follow, succeed, ensue (class.).
* Lit.
* With acc.: subsequor te,Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 52; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 72: has (cohortes) subsidiariae ternae subsequebantur,Caes. B. C. 1, 83: signa,id. B. G. 4, 26: ancillam,Ov. H. 20, 131: senem,id. F. 4, 528.
* Trop., to follow after, mentally or in opinion, to follow, adhere to, comply with, conform to, imitate a person or thing; with acc.: Speusippus Platonem avunculum subsequens,Cic. N. D. 1, 13, 32; cf. id. Div. 1, 3, 6: ut locupletes omnes summum ordinem subsequantur,id. Phil. 13, 10, 23: te imitari. te subsequi student,Plin. Pan. 84, 5.—With abl.: mirifice ipse suo sermone subsecutus est humanitatem litterarum tuarum,Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 2; Liv. 8, 35; Dig. 42, 2, 6: (orationis) vim ac varietatem,Cic. Part. Or. 7, 25.—Hence, adv.: subsĕquenter, in succession, one after another, Mess. Corv. Prog. Aug. 23; Aug. Enarr. in Psa. 87.
* Transf., of inanim. or abstr. subjects: (Hesperus) tum antecedens, tum subsequens,Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; cf.: minorem Septentrionem Cepheus a tergo subsequitur,id. ib. 2, 43, 111: digitis subsequens verba,id. de Or. 3, 59, 220; cf.: hos motus subsequi debet gestus,id. ib. 3, 59, 220: totidem subsecuti libri Tusculanarum disputationum,id. Div. 2, 1, 2; Lucr. 2, 496: si ducis consilia favor subsecutus militum foret,Liv. 8, 36: subsequenti tempore,Vell. 1, 4, 3; so, subsequenti anno,the following, next year,Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101: proxima subsequitur, quid agas, audire voluptas,Ov. P. 2, 7, 3.