sĕquax, ācis, adj. [sequor], 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.