sĕquax — Lewis & Short
sĕquax, ācis, adj.sequor,
I 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.