Plato Greek Lexicon ἀκολουθέω

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., 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, , 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 (s.v.l.), elsewhere ; takes place of ἕπομαι in later Greek.
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