Sectator, pe. pro. tôris, m. g. Verbal. Cicer.A follower: one that imitateth, to the ende to learne.
Sector, âris, ári, Frequentat. Cic.To follow: to runue after: to folow in maners or forme of speaking. To hunt or chase.Sectari aliquem totos dies.Cic.Aliquem pennis sectars.Ouid.To flie after one.Fœcundi leporis sapiens sectabitur armos. Horat. One that hath a fine mouth, or is of a fine taste, will seeke to haue the wings, &c.Aratrum sectari. Tibull. Sectari belluas, apros, ceruos.Terent.To hunt or chase.Sectari léporem. Hor. To hunt the hare. Sectari aliquem.Terent.To folowe or imitate one, to follow ones trade.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
sectātor, ōris, m. [id.], a follower, attendant, adherent; in the plur., a train, retinue, suite (syn. assectator). I. In gen. (rare but class.): at sectabantur multi. Quid opus est sectatoribus? (of the train accompanying a candidate) Cic. Mur. 34, 71 (shortly afterwards, assectatio and assectari); cf.: lex Fabia, quae est de numero sectatorum, id. ib. 34, 71: num Gabinii comes vel sectator? id. Rab. Post. 8, 21: puerorum rixantium, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 2; cf.: sectator domi, comes in publico, Tac. A. 4, 68: habet (Thrasea) sectatores vel potius satellites, id. ib. 16, 22: multis sectatorum dilapsis, id. ib. 5, 10fin.: sectator quaestoris, id. ib. 11, 21.—II. In partic. 1.A follower, adherent of a leader or sect (only post-Aug.): hic non tam discipulos quam sectatores aliquot habuit, Suet. Gram. 24; cf. Tac. Or. 34: cohors sectatorum Aristotelis, Gell. 13, 5, 2: eloquentiae aut philosophiae sectatores, id. 19, 5, 1; cf. id. 2, 2, 2. —2.One who practises, a follower (late Lat.): bonorum operum, Vulg. Tit. 2, 14.