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secūtor, secūtōris

(sequūtor, sequūtōris)

sequo

noun (m., 3^rd declension)

one that follows another, a follower
an attendant
an appellation of Mars
a pursuer

Abbreviations

secūtor (sequūtor), ōris, m. id., one that follows another, a follower. In gen., an attendant (post-class.): acerrimum relinquens uxori secutorem, App. M. 9, p. 224, 41; 4, p. 148, 17: TRIBVNI, Inscr. Orell. 3516 and 3517.

—As an appellation of Mars (with Comes), App. M. 7, p. 192, 30.

— In partic., a pursuer, a kind of light-armed gladiator who fought with the retiarii (pursuing them), Juv. 8, 210 (et Schol. ad loc.); Inscr. Orell. 2571; 2572; 2583; Suet. Calig. 30; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 55; and Friedlaender in Neues Rhein. Mus. 10, p. 585.