ἀκολουθέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[follow]] one, [[go after]] or [[with]] him, freq. of soldiers and slaves:—mostly c. dat. pers., Ar.''Pl.''19, etc.; ἀ. τῷ ἡγουμένῳ [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 474c; with Preps., ἀ. μετά τινος Th.7.57, Pl.''La.''187e, Lys.2.27, etc.; τοῖς σώμασι μετ' ἐκείνων ἠκολούθουν, ταῖς δ' εὐνοίαις μεθ' ὑμῶν ἦσαν Isoc.14.15; ἀ. σύν τινι X.''An.''7.5.3; κατόπιν τινός Ar.''Pl.''13: rarely c. acc., Men.558: abs., [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 277e, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''18.8, etc.; <b class="b3">ἀ. ἐφ' ἁρπαγήν</b>, of soldiers, Th.2.98; [[ἀκολουθῶν]], ὁ, as [[substantive]], = [[ἀκόλουθος]] ''1'', Men.''Adul.Fr.''1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of stars, [[follow]] in the diurnal rotation, Autol.2.2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[follow]], [[be guided by]], τῇ γνώμῃ τινός Th. 3.38; <b class="b3">τοῖς πράγμασιν, τοῖς τοῦ πολέμου καιροῖς</b>, D.4.39, 24.95; [[obey]], τοῖς νόμοις And.4.19: c. acc. neut., ἀ. ἅπαντα ''PLille''1.26.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[follow the thread]] of a discourse, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 107b, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of things, [[follow upon]], to [[be consequent upon]], [[be consistent with]], εὐλογία.. εὐηθείᾳ ἀ. Id.''R.''400e, cf. 398d; [[follow analogy of]], Arist.''HA''499a10, al.<br><span class="bld">b</span> abs., to [[be consequent]], ὡς γένους ὄντος τοῦ ἀεὶ ἀκολουθοῦντος ''Top.''128b4; as species to individual, ''GA''768b13.<br><span class="bld">4</span> abs., [[ἀκολουθεῖ]] [[it follows]], Id.''Cat.''14a31.—Not in Trag.: first in Hippon.55, with ᾱ ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]), elsewhere ᾰ; takes place of [[ἕπομαι]] in later Greek.