ἀκόλουθος
akolouthos
following, attending on
Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀκόλουθος, ον, (ἀ- copul., κέλευθος, cf. Cra. 405d) A. following, attending on, mostly as Subst., follower, attendant, 1.1, Av. 73; ὅτοισι παῖς ἀ. ἐστιν 159.3; freq. in Att. Prose, 2.1.4, 6.28, 7.75, Smp. 203c, etc.; οἱ ἀ. camp-followers, Cyr. 5.2.36: fem., Caes. 10: metaph., Δίκα Εὐνομίας ἀ. 14.55. 2. following after, c. gen., πλάτα . . Νηρῄδων ἀ. OC 719 (lyr.). 3. following, consequent upon, in conformity with, c. gen., τἀκόλουθα τῶν ῥακῶν Ach. 438, cf. Phd. 111c: mostly c. dat., Id Lg. 716c, Ti. 88d; ἀκόλουθα τούτοις πράττειν 18.257; ἀ. τοῖς εἰρημένοις ἐστὶ τὸ διῃρῆσθαι Pol. 1321b3; consistent, οὐδὲν ἀ. αὑτῷ λέγει Eloc. 153; of persons, conforming, τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ βουλήσει PTeb. 44.34 (ii B. C.): abs., correspondent, 21.10; τἆλλα πάντα τὰ ἀ. Eux. 25; λόγους πράξεις ἀ. Sent. 25; consistent with one another, An. 2.4.19. Adv. -θως in accordance with, τοῖς νόμοις 44.67; ἀ. τῇ φύσει ζῆν 3.4, cf. Piet. 100, 4.17: abs., consistently, Fr. 17, 2.28 , 4.3.20. 4. in accordance with nature, 1.55. 5. Gramm., analogical, Pron. 11.21, al. Adv.-θως analogically, Synt. 159.6. 6. in Logic, consequent, περὶ ἀκολούθων, title of work by Chrysipp . . Stoic. 2.5, cf. 69; τοῦτο γὰρ ἀ. that follows, Ir.p.84 W.—Used once by l.c.; otherwise only in Com. and Prose.
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