persequax

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

per-sĕquax, ācis, adj.,

eagerly pursuing (post-class.): in reatu pervestigando, Sid. Ep. 4, 9 (but in App. Flor. n. 23, p. 366, 5, or de Deo Soc. prol. p. 108, Hild. reads oculis perspicax).