ἀκολουθέω
akoloutheo
follow
Appears 36 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀκολουθέω, A. follow one, go after or with him, freq. of soldiers and slaves:—mostly c. dat. pers., Pl. 19, etc.; ἀ. τῷ ἡγουμένῳ R. 474c; with Preps., ἀ. μετά τινος 7.57, La. 187e, 2.27, etc.; τοῖς σώμασι μετʼ ἐκείνων ἠκολούθουν, ταῖς δʼ εὐνοίαις μεθʼ ὑμῶν ἦσαν 14.15; ἀ. σύν τινι An. 7.5.3; κατόπιν τινός Pl. 13: rarely c. acc., 558: abs., Plt. 277e, Char. 18.8, etc.; ἀ. ἐφʼ ἁρπαγήν, of soldiers, 2.98; ἀκολουθῶν, ὁ, as Subst., = ἀκόλουθος I, Adul.Fr. 1. 2. of stars, follow in the diurnal rotation, 2.2. II. metaph., follow, be guided by, τῇ γνώμῃ τινός 3.38; τοῖς πράγμασιν, τοῖς τοῦ πολέμου καιροῖς, 4.39, 24.95; obey, τοῖς νόμοις 4.19: c. acc. neut., ἀ. ἅπαντα PLille 1.26. 2. follow the thread of a discourse, Phd. 107b, etc. 3. of things, follow upon, to be consequent upon, consistent with, εὐλογία . . εὐηθείᾳ ἀ. R. 400e, cf. 398d; follow analogy of, 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, Cat. 14a31.—Not in Trag.: first in 55, with ᾱ (s.v.l.), elsewhere ᾰ; takes place of ἕπομαι in later Greek.
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