ἀκολουθέω
akoloutheo
follow
Appears 226 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Metaphysics 23 ▸
Open Metaphysics › Book Α 8 ▸
Book Γ 2 ▸
Chapter 2 1003a33–1005a18
Book Δ 4 ▸
Chapter 3 1014a26–1014b15
Chapter 10 1018a20–1018b8
Chapter 11 1018b9–1019a14
Book Ζ 2 ▸
Book Η 2 ▸
Book Θ 2 ▸
Chapter 2 1046a36–1046b28
Book Μ 3 ▸
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Topics 21 ▸
Open Topics › Book II 10 ▸
Book III 4 ▸
Book IV 5 ▸
Book VI 1 ▸
Book VII 1 ▸
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Rhetoric 19 ▸
Open Rhetoric › Book I 10 ▸
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37
Chapter 10 1368b1–1369b32
Chapter 11 1369b33–1372a3
Book II 6 ▸
Chapter 12 1388b31–1389b12
Chapter 17 1391a20–1391b6
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33
Book III 3 ▸
Chapter 7 1408a10–1408b20
Chapter 14 1414b19–1416a3
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Politics 15 ▸
Open Politics › Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 11 1272b24–1273b26
Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 13 1283a23–1284b34
Book IV 4 ▸
Chapter 8 1293b22–1294a29
Chapter 11 1295a25–1296b12
Chapter 14 1297b35–1299a2
Book V 2 ▸
Chapter 10 1310a39–1313a14
Book VI 2 ▸
Chapter 1 1316b31–1317a39
Book VII 4 ▸
Chapter 3 1325a16–1325b32
Chapter 13 1331b24–1332b11
Chapter 14 1332b12–1334a10
Book VIII 1 ▸
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On the Heavens 14 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 14 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics › Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 1 1103a14–1103b25
Book III 1 ▸
Book V 2 ▸
Chapter 10 1137a31–1138a3
Book VI 2 ▸
Chapter 11 1143a19–1143b17
Book VII 6 ▸
Chapter 1 1145a15–1145b20
Chapter 12 1152b25–1153a35
Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 9 1159b25–1160a30
Book IX 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1166b30–1167a21
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Prior Analytics 13 ▸
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History of Animals 11 ▸
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De Interpretatione 11 ▸
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Physics 11 ▸
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 11 ▸
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Generation of Animals 10 ▸
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De Anima 6 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 6 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics › Book II 4 ▸
Chapter 2 1220a38–1220b20
Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33
Book III 2 ▸
Chapter 5 1232a19–1233a30
Chapter 7 1233b16–1234b14
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Poetics 6 ▸
Open Poetics › Chapter 5 1449a32–1449b20
Chapter 11 1452a22–1452b13
Chapter 13 1452b28–1453a39
Chapter 15 1454a16–1454b18
Chapter 26 1461b26–1462b19
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Meteorology 5 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 4 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 4 ▸
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Parts of Animals 4 ▸
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Progression of Animals 3 ▸
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Mechanica 3 ▸
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Categories 2 ▸
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On Dreams 2 ▸
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On Memory 2 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 2 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 1 ▸
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Movement of Animals 1 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 1 ▸
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On Sleep 1 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀκολουθέω, A. 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. of stars, follow in the diurnal rotation, Autol. 2.2. II. 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 of a discourse, Pl. Phd. 107b, etc. 3. 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. abs., to be consequent, ὡς γένους ὄντος τοῦ ἀεὶ ἀκολουθοῦντος Top. 128b4; as species to individual, GA 768b13. 4. 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.
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