Sequax, âcis, pe. pr. om. g. Pli. That followeth: pliant: clamnny: that sticketh to ones singevs like birdlime.Capreæ sequaces. Vir. Deere that seeke after vines to bronse and eate them. Curæ sequaces. Lucr. Mores sequaces. Lucr. Maners following the nature of the partie.Oculi sequaces.Stat.Eies turning enerie way after a thing.Telum sequax. Silu. A weapon wherewith one pursueth hys enimle.Hederæ sequaces Plinius.Iuie growing and spreading on walles euerie ways.Sequax bitumen. Plin. Clammie.Sequaces lanæ. Martial. Sequax materia. Plin. Pliant matter.Vndæ sequaces.Virg.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
sĕquax, ācis, adj. [sequor], following or seeking after, pursuing, sequacious (poet.; a favorite word of Vergil). I.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.—B. 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.— II.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.— B.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.