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sĕquācĭtas, ātis, f [sequor], a facility in following, a disposilion to follow, sequaciousness, sequacity (late Lat.): saltuosa scribarum, Sid. Ep. 9, 9 med.: pigra, id. ib. 4, 11.

sĕquācĭter, adv., v. sequax fin.

Sēquăna, ae, f., one of the principal rivers of Gallia Celtica, the Seine, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; 7, 57; 7, 58; Mel. 3, 2, 4; masc., Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105.
Hence,

    1. 1. Sēquă-ni, ōrum, m., the dwellers on the Sequana, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; 1, 2; 1, 9; 1, 10; 1, 31; 1, 35; 1, 44; 4, 10; 6, 12; 7, 66; Cic. Att. 1, 19, 2.
    2. 2. Sēquănus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Sequani: gens, Luc. 1, 425: ager, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 18.
    3. 3. Sēquănī-cus, a, um, adj., of the Sequani: textrix. Mart. 4, 19, 1.

sĕquax, ācis, adj. [sequor], following or seeking after, pursuing, sequacious (poet.; a favorite word of Vergil).

  1. 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.
    1. 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.
  2. 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.
    1. 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.