exsequor

Latin

Alternative forms

• exequor

Etymology

From ex- +‎ sequor (“follow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈek.se.kʷor/, [ˈɛks̠ɛkʷɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈek.se.kwor/, [ˈɛksekwor]

Verb

exsequor (present infinitive exsequī, perfect active exsecūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to follow after thoroughly, steadfastly accompany, go after, seek after, pursue persistently

   Synonyms: persequor, sequor, cōnsequor, īnsequor, īnsector, comitō, continuō, excipiō, premō, agō, īnstō, apīscor

2. to follow or accompany to the grave
3. to follow up, carry out, enforce, perform, execute, accomplish, fulfill

   Synonyms: perficiō, cōnficiō, absolvō, agō, expleō, patrō, efficiō, cumulō, impleō, conclūdō, condō, peragō, dēfungor, fungor, nāvō, perpetrō, trānsigō, prōflīgō, gerō, claudō, inclūdō, exhauriō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.395–396:

     [...] multa gemēns magnōque animum labefactus amōre,
     iussa tamen dīvom exsequitur classemque revīsit.

     [Aeneas,] bemoaning so much, his resolve weakened by intense passion, nevertheless fulfills the commands of the gods and returns to the fleet.

4. to follow up, investigate, examine

   Synonyms: lūstrō, perlūstrō, circumspiciō, cōnspiciō, obeō, īnspiciō, recēnseō, arbitror, cōnsīderō, reputō

5. to go through with in speaking, rehearse, relate, describe, say, tell
6. to pursue with vengeance or punishment, punish, avenge

   Synonyms: castīgō, multō, pūniō, expiō, mulctō, obiūrgō, animadvertō, moneō, plēctō, ulcīscor

Conjugation

Conjugation of exsequor (third conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	exsequor	exsequeris, exsequere	exsequitur	exsequimur	exsequiminī	exsequuntur
	imperfect	exsequēbar	exsequēbāris, exsequēbāre	exsequēbātur	exsequēbāmur	exsequēbāminī	exsequēbantur
	future	exsequar	exsequēris, exsequēre	exsequētur	exsequēmur	exsequēminī	exsequentur
	perfect	exsecūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	exsecūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	exsecūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	exsequar	exsequāris, exsequāre	exsequātur	exsequāmur	exsequāminī	exsequantur
	imperfect	exsequerer	exsequerēris, exsequerēre	exsequerētur	exsequerēmur	exsequerēminī	exsequerentur
	perfect	exsecūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	exsecūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	exsequere	—	—	exsequiminī	—
	future	—	exsequitor	exsequitor	—	—	exsequuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		exsequī	exsecūtum esse	exsecūtūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		exsequēns	exsecūtus	exsecūtūrus	—	—	exsequendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		exsequendī	exsequendō	exsequendum	exsequendō	exsecūtum	exsecūtū

Derived terms

• exsecūtiō
• exsecūtor
• exsecūtus
• exsequēns
• exsequiae

 

Related terms

• assequor
• cōnsequor
• īnsequor
• obsequor
• persequor
• prōsequor
• resequor
• sequor
• subsequor

 

Descendants

• English: execute
• French: exécuter
• Friulian: eseguî
• Italian: eseguire
• Piedmontese: esegue, eseguì
• Portuguese: executar
• Sicilian: esicutari
• Spanish: ejecutar
• Romanian: executa

References

• “exsequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “exsequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• exsequor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to attend a person's funeral: funus alicuius exsequi
    
  • to execute a commission: mandatum exsequi, persequi, conficere
    
  • to execute, manage a business, undertaking: negotium obire, exsequi
    
  • to be unable to say all one wants: verbis non omnia exsequi posse
    
  • to do one's duty: officium suum facere, servare, colere, tueri, exsequi, praestare
    
  • to fulfil one's duty in every detail: omnes officii partes exsequi
    
  • to be engaged upon a transaction, carry it out: negotium obire or exsequi