παρᾰκολουθ-έω (parakoloutheo)

Where it lives

Virtues and Vices 1 · 6.74/10k
1 Timothy 1 · 6.31/10k
Discourses 40 · 5.39/10k
Machabaeorum II 2 · 1.73/10k
Meditations 5 · 1.72/10k
Enneads 31 · 1.46/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 12 · 1.12/10k
Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Categories 1 · 1/10k
Sophist 1 · 0.62/10k
Luke 1 · 0.52/10k

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What it meant

παρᾰκολουθ-έω · parakolouth-eō — LSJ

follow, attend closely, dog oneʼs steps, accrue

follow or attend closely, dog oneʼs 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, esp. of loss or damage, c. dat., PSI 3.168.24 (ii B. C.), PRein. 18.15 (ii B. C.).

2 make a succession

make a succession of growths, Thphr. HP 6.4.8.

II follow closely, attend minutely to, trace accurately, follow all

metaph., follow closely, attend minutely to, π. τῷ νοσήματι Pl. R. 406b ; π. ἅπασι [τοῖς πονηρεύμασι] trace accurately all his knaveries, D. 19.257 ; π. τοῖς πράγμασιν ἐξ ἀρχῆς Id. 18.172 ; π. χρόνοις follow all the times and dates, Nicom.Com. 1.20, cf. Ev.Luc. 1.3 ; τοῖς δικαίοις π. Demad. 1 ; π. ταῖς τιμαῖς (prices) PMich.Zen. 28.26 (iii B. C.) ; τῇ Ὁνοράτου κρίσει POxy. 653.29 (ii A.D.).

2 follow with the mind, understand, understand, become acquainted with, to be conscious, to be, conscious

of an audience, προσέχειν τὸν νοῦν καὶ π. εὐμαθῶς Aeschin. 1.116 : generally, follow with the mind, understand, π. τῷ πῶς . . Plb. 1.12.7, etc. : as Stoic term, Arr. Epict. 2.16.33, etc. ; παρακολουθεῖν τούτῳ ὅτι . . understand that . . , ib. 2.26.3 ; simply, π. ὅτι . . Gal. 11.554 ; διότι . . PPetr. 2p.132 (iii B. C.) : c. part., π. ἐλεγχόμενος Arr. Epict. 4.5.21 : c. acc., τίς παρακολουθεῖ ταῦτα; Damox. 2.25 ; π. τὰ ἐψηφισμένα become acquainted with . . , GDI 4940.8 (Cret.), cf. BSA 29.64 (Ere

3 keep company with, keep close to, hold good throughout

of things, πυρετοὶ π. μοι καὶ ἀλγήματα D. 54.11, cf. Ruf. ap. Orib. 44.17.2; τῷ βίῳ π. keep company with, keep close to, of things that benefit, Isoc. 15.262; αὐτοῖς π. ἡ ἔχθρα <ἡ> παρὰ Λακεδαιμονίων D. 59.98; of rules, hold good throughout, διʼ ὅλης τῆς ἱππικῆς π. X. Eq. 8.14.

4 inseparably connected, constant attribute, to be proper to

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; τὸ παρακολουθοῦν τινι constant attribute, Phld. Sign. 8, 19, cf. A.D. Pron. 4.3; to be proper to, ταῖς αἰσθηταῖς [ἁρμονίαις] Plot. 1.6.3.

In the wild

παρακολουθεῖν · parakolouthein Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Β (DIORISIS sentence 2417)
παρακολουθεῖ · parakolouthei Aristotle, Categories (DIORISIS sentence 132)
παρακολουθοῦντα · parakolouthounta Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
παρακολουθεῖν · parakolouthein Aristotle, Metaphysics book 10 (DIORISIS sentence 2615)
παρακολουθεῖ · parakolouthei Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1104b (DIORISIS sentence 431)
παρακολουθεῖ · parakolouthei Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1112a (DIORISIS sentence 712)

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