sector ātus, ārī, dep. freq. sequor, to follow eagerly, run after, attend, accompany, press upon, follow after, chase, pursue: sectari iussi, to join my train, L.: at sectabantur multi: si conducti sectarentur: Chrysogonum (servi): neque te stipator sectabitur, H.: qui eiusmodi est, ut eum pueri sectentur: Ne scuticā dignum horribili sectere flagello, H.
—Of game, to chase, hunt: sectaris apros, V.: leporem, H.
—Fig., to follow after, pursue eagerly, search for, hunt: hanc miseram praedam, Cs.: litīs, T.: Nomina tironum, H.: Mitte sectari, quo, etc., H.: virtutes, emulate, Ta.