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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[follow]] or [[attend]] [[closely]], [[dog one's steps]], τινι Ar.''Ec.'' 725; τὸ παρακολουθοῦν εἴδωλον ἑκάστῳ Pl.''Sph.''266c, cf. D.21.14,69, Philem.124; οὓς σὺ ζῶντας μέν, ὦ κίναδος, κολακεύων παρηκολούθεις D.18.162; πόροι κατὰ πάντα τὸν πλεύμονα παρακολουθοῦντες Arist.''HA'' 496a29; [[accrue]], especially of loss or damage, c. dat., ''PSI''3.168.24 (ii B. C.), ''PRein.''18.15 (ii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[make a succession]] of growths, [[Theophrastus]] ''HP''6.4.8.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[follow closely]], [[attend]] [[minutely]] to, π. τῷ νοσήματι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 406b; <b class="b3">π. ἅπασι [τοῖς πονηρεύμασι]</b> [[trace accurately]] all his knaveries, D.19.257; π. τοῖς πράγμασιν ἐξ ἀρχῆς Id.18.172; <b class="b3">π. χρόνοις</b> [[follow all]] the times and dates, Nicom.Com.1.20, cf. ''Ev.Luc.''1.3; <b class="b3">τοῖς δικαίοις π.</b> Demad. 1; <b class="b3">π. ταῖς τιμαῖς</b> (prices) ''PMich.Zen.''28.26 (iii B. C.); τῇ Ὁνοράτου κρίσει ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''653.29 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> of an audience, προσέχειν τὸν νοῦν καὶ π. εὐμαθῶς Aeschin.1.116: generally, [[follow with the mind]], [[understand]], <b class="b3">π. τῷ πῶς</b>… Plb.1.12.7, etc.: as Stoic term, Arr.''Epict.''2.16.33, etc.; <b class="b3">παρακολουθεῖν τούτῳ ὅτι</b>… [[understand]] that... ib.2.26.3; simply, <b class="b3">π. ὅτι</b>… Gal.11.554; [[διότι]]… ''PPetr.''2p.132 (iii B. C.): c. part., π. ἐλεγχόμενος Arr.''Epict.''4.5.21: c. acc., <b class="b3">τίς παρακολουθεῖ ταῦτα</b>; Damox.2.25; <b class="b3">π. τὰ ἐψηφισμένα</b> [[become acquainted with]]... ''GDI''4940.8 (Cret.), cf. ''BSA''29.64 (Eretrian, found at Sparta), ''IG''11(4).1065a17 (Delos), etc.: in later Philosophy, <b class="b3">ἑαυτῷ παρακολουθέω</b> = to [[be conscious]], Plot.1.4.5; esp. to [[be]] [[self]]-[[conscious]], νοῦν νοοῦντα μόνον, μὴ παρακολουθοῦντα δὲ ἑαυτῷ ὅτι νοεῖ Id.2.9.1, cf. 4.4.37, Iamb.''Myst.''3.4,14.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of things, <b class="b3">πυρετοὶ π. μοι καὶ</b> ἀλγήματα D.54.11, cf. Ruf. ap. Orib.44.17.2; <b class="b3">τῷ βίῳ π.</b> [[keep company with]], [[keep close to]], of things that benefit, Isoc.15.262; αὐτοῖς π. ἡ ἔχθρα παρὰ Λακεδαιμονίων D.59.98; of rules, [[hold good throughout]], <b class="b3">δι' ὅλης τῆς ἱππικῆς π.</b> X.''Eq.''8.14.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of a logical property, τὸ ἀεὶ παρακολουθοῦν Arist. ''Top.''131b9; also of the genus, ib.125b28, cf. 123a19; of notions [[inseparably]] [[connected]] one with another, Id.''Cat.''8a33, ''Metaph.'' 1054a14; of cause and effect, Id.''APo.'' 99a17; <b class="b3">τὸ παρακολουθοῦν τινι</b> [[constant]] [[attribute]], Phld.''Sign.''8,19, cf. A.D.''Pron.''4.3; to [[be proper to]], ταῖς αἰσθηταῖς [ἁρμονίαις] Plot.1.6.3.