Subsequor, pen. corr. subsequeris, subsequûtus sum, súbsequi, Cæl. To solow forthwith: to folow harde by.Furtim subsequi aliquem.Ouid.Omnes hos motus subsequi debet gestus.Cic. Subsequi aliquem & imitari.Plin. iun.To followe and imitate one.Iudicium alicuius subsequi.Ouid.To follow. Aliud ilico subsequatur, aut atomos vllas, &c Cice.An other thing by and by followeth, &c.Suo sermone subsequutus est humanitatem tuarum literarum.Cic.He foloweth in his talke the gentlenesse of your letters, or vsed the like courtesie of talke that you didde in your letters.Subsequenti anno exitu veris emittuut paruas locustas. Pl. The next yeare following.
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sub-sĕquor, cūtus, 3, v. n. and a., to follow close after or immediately; to follow, succeed, ensue (class.). I.Lit.(a). 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. —(b).Absol.: quom verba facis, subsequere, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 116: Caesar equitatu praemisso sequebatur omnibus copiis, Caes. B. G. 2, 19; cf. id. ib. 2, 11; 5, 18; Liv. 27, 31 al.: subsequitur, pressoque legit vestigia gressu, Ov. M. 3, 17: subsequiturque manus, id. F. 2, 336.—B.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
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next year
, Plin. 11, 29, 35, 101: proxima subsequitur, quid agas, audire voluptas, Ov. P. 2, 7, 3.—II.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.
