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ἀκολουθ-έω

akoloutheo

follow, go after, with

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Where it lives

Virtues and Vices 11 · 74.17/10k
De Interpretatione 15 · 24.11/10k
Mark 17 · 15.45/10k
Matthew 25 · 13.94/10k
De Memoria et Reminiscentia 3 · 12.48/10k
John 19 · 12.44/10k
Against Evergus And Mnesibulus 5 · 9.35/10k
First Philippic 3 · 9.14/10k
Luke 17 · 8.82/10k
De Insomniis 2 · 8.38/10k
On the Murder of Eratosthenes 2 · 8.32/10k
Hellenica 48 · 7.3/10k

Densest 12 of 95 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἀκολουθ-έω · akolouth-eō — LSJ

follow, go after, with

follow one, go after or with him, freq. of soldiers and slaves:—mostly c. dat. pers., Ar. Pl. 19, etc.; ἀ. τῷ ἡγουμένῳ Pl. R. 474c; with Preps., ἀ. μετά τινος Th. 7.57, Pl. La. 187e, Lys. 2.27, etc.; τοῖς σώμασι μετʼ ἐκείνων ἠκολούθουν, ταῖς δʼ εὐνοίαις μεθʼ ὑμῶν ἦσαν Isoc. 14.15; ἀ. σύν τινι X. An. 7.5.3; κατόπιν τινός Ar. Pl. 13: rarely c. acc., Men. 558: abs., Pl. Plt. 277e, Thphr. Char. 18.8, etc.; ἀ. ἐφʼ ἁρπαγήν, of soldiers, Th. 2.98; ἀκολουθῶν, ὁ, as Subst., = ἀκόλουθος I, Men. Adul.Fr. 1

2 follow

of stars, follow in the diurnal rotation, Autol. 2.2.

II follow, be guided by, obey

metaph., follow, be guided by, τῇ γνώμῃ τινός Th. 3.38; τοῖς πράγμασιν, τοῖς τοῦ πολέμου καιροῖς, D. 4.39, 24.95; obey, τοῖς νόμοις And. 4.19: c. acc. neut., ἀ. ἅπαντα PLille 1.26.

2 follow the thread

follow the thread of a discourse, Pl. Phd. 107b, etc.

3 follow upon, to be consequent upon, consistent with, follow analogy of

of things, follow upon, to be consequent upon, consistent with, εὐλογία . . εὐηθείᾳ ἀ. Id. R. 400e, cf. 398d; follow analogy of, Arist. HA 499a10, al.

b to be consequent

abs., to be consequent, ὡς γένους ὄντος τοῦ ἀεὶ ἀκολουθοῦντος Top. 128b4; as species to individual, GA 768b13.

4 it follows

abs., ἀκολουθεῖ it follows, Id. Cat. 14a31.—Not in Trag.: first in Hippon. 55, with ᾱ (s.v.l.), elsewhere ᾰ; takes place of ἕπομαι in later Greek.

In the wild

ἠκολούθουν · ēkolouthoun Aristophanes, Acharnians 1 (DIORISIS sentence 172)
ἀκολουθῶν · akolouthōn Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 198)
ἀκολουθεῖν · akolouthein Aristophanes, Birds 1 (DIORISIS sentence 1144)
ἀκολουθοίης · akolouthoiēs Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 304)
ἀκολουθήσεις · akolouthēseis Aristophanes, Clouds 505 (DIORISIS sentence 408)
ἀκολουθεῖν · akolouthein Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 2 (DIORISIS sentence 850)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀκόλουθος (scan p. 100; entry #301).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἀκόλουθος (scan pp. 62-63; entry #302).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀκόλουθος (scan p. 85; entry #285).

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