persequens
Latin
Etymology
Present participle of persequor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɛr.sɛ.kʷẽːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛr.se.kʷens]
Participle
persequēns (genitive persequentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- following, pursuing
- 58 BCE – 49 BCE, Gaius Iulius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico. Book I, section LIII:
- C. Valerius Procillus, cum ā cūstōdibus in fugā trīnīs catēnīs vīnctus traherētur, in ipsum Caesarem hostēs equitātū persequentem incidit.
- Gaius Valerius Procillus, as he was being dragged by his guards in the fight, bound with a triple chain, fell into the hands of Caesar himself, as he was pursuing the enemy with his cavalry.
- C. Valerius Procillus, cum ā cūstōdibus in fugā trīnīs catēnīs vīnctus traherētur, in ipsum Caesarem hostēs equitātū persequentem incidit.
- accomplishing
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | persequēns | persequentēs | persequentia | ||
| genitive | persequentis | persequentium | |||
| dative | persequentī | persequentibus | |||
| accusative | persequentem | persequēns | persequentēs persequentīs |
persequentia | |
| ablative | persequente persequentī1 |
persequentibus | |||
| vocative | persequēns | persequentēs | persequentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- “persequens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- persequens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.