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ἀκόλουθος

akolouthos

following, attending on

Appears 19 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

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