consĕcūtĭo

I. In philos. lang., an effect, consequence: ipsa detractio molestiae consecutionem adfert voluptatis, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37; id. de Or. 3, 29, 113: simplex autem conclusio ex necessariā consecutione conficitur, id. Inv 1, 29, 45, id. Top. 13, 53 al.—Plur.: causas rerum et consecutiones videre, Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45.—*

II. In rhet. lang., the proper following of one thing after another, order, connection, sequence: verborum ... ne generibus, numeris, temporibus, personis, casibus perturbetur oratio, Cic. Part. Or. 6, 18.—

III. An acquiring, obtaining, attainment ( = adeptio; eccl. Lat.); with gen. obj.: baptismi, Tert. Bapt. 18 fin.: resurrectionis, id. Res. Carn. 52.