pursuer
pursuer
subs.
P. and V. ὁ διώκων.
subs.
P. and V. ὁ διώκων.
PURSUER
By the verb (insecutor late).
By the verb (insecutor late).
pursuer:
1. Use imperf. part. of sĕquor, insĕquor, etc. (v.TO PURSUE , I.), except in nom. sing.: v. L. G. § 638: secutor, only used for a sort of gladiator, who fought with the retiarius, Juv. 8, 210: Smith's Dict. Antt.
2. insĕcūtor (late only), baffling the p.s, frustratis insecutoribus, Apul. M. 7, init.
3. insectātor, m.: (= censurer): ins. vitiorum, Quint. 10, 1, 129. May perh. serve for the peculiar sense used by Denham in
/* "Like a declining statesman, left forlorn, To his friends' pity and pursuers' scorn." */
Or inimicus may be used.
4. persecūtor, m.: (= punisher): pers. flagitiorum turpium, Capitol. Albin. 11: f. persecūtrix, Aug. Cons. Ev. 1, 25.
5. consectātor, only found as fem., consectātrix (one who seeks to obtain): Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117 (N.B.--For pursuer, as a term of Scotch law [like ὁ διώκων], v.PLAINTIFF .)
1. Use imperf. part. of sĕquor, insĕquor, etc. (v.
2. insĕcūtor (late only), baffling the p.s, frustratis insecutoribus, Apul. M. 7, init.
3. insectātor, m.: (= censurer): ins. vitiorum, Quint. 10, 1, 129. May perh. serve for the peculiar sense used by Denham in
/* "Like a declining statesman, left forlorn, To his friends' pity and pursuers' scorn." */
Or inimicus may be used.
4. persecūtor, m.: (= punisher): pers. flagitiorum turpium, Capitol. Albin. 11: f. persecūtrix, Aug. Cons. Ev. 1, 25.
5. consectātor, only found as fem., consectātrix (one who seeks to obtain): Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117 (N.B.--For pursuer, as a term of Scotch law [like ὁ διώκων], v.