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ἐπα^κολουθ-έω ,
A.follow close upon, follow after, pursue, “τινί” Ar.V. 1328, Pl.Ap.23c, al.; move with, “τῷ ἄλλῳ σώματι” Hp.Fract.16; “ἐ. ἡ χεὶρ τοῦ νεκροῦ” X.Cyr.7.3.8.
2. pursue as an enemy, Th.4.128,5.65, X.An.[4.1.1], etc.
3. attend to, follow mentally, understand, “τῷ λόγῳ” Pl.Phd.107b; “τοῖς λεγομένοις” Id.Lg.861c; “αὐτοῖς λέγουσι” Id.Sph.243a; “κάλλιστ᾽ ἐπακολουθεῖς” Id.Lg.963a, etc.
4. attend to, follow, i.e. obey or comply with, “ταῖς τῶν συμμάχων γνώμαις” Isoc.6.90; “τοῖς πάθεσι” D.26.18; αὐτῶν τῇ προαιρέσει Philipp. ap. D.18.167; ταῖς τῶν ποιητῶν βλασφημίαις ἐ. follow them (as authorities), Isoc.11.38: c. dat.pers., Arist.EN1096b7.
5. attend to, i.e. execute, a task, “τῷ πραττομένῳ” Pl.R.370c; wait upon, of bees, “τοῖς βασιλεῦσι” Arist.GA 760b15.
6. supervise, attend to, “τῇ ἐγχύσει τοῦ γλεύκους” PPetr.2p.136 (iii B.C.), cf. PAmh.2.40.24 (ii B.C.）, etc.: abs., POxy.1024.33 (ii A.D.), etc.
7. concur, PFay.24.19 (ii A.D.).
8. verify, check, PEleph.10.8 (iii B.C.), PGen.22.1 (i A.D.), etc.
II. accompany, result, accrue, “τινί” Phld.Ir.p.59 W., al.: βλάβος, ζημία ἐ., PRyl.126.19 (i A.D.), BGU3.14 (iii A.D.).
2. τὰ ἐπακολουθοῦντα σημεῖα confirmatory, authenticating signs (cf. 1.7), Ev.Marc.16.20.
3. of the offspring of cattle, “πρόβατα σὺν τοῖς -οῦσι ἄρνασι” POxy.245.11 (i A.D.), cf. 244.9 (i A.D.).
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (16):
    • Aristophanes, Wasps, 1328
    • Demosthenes, On the Crown, 167
    • Demosthenes, Against Aristogiton 2, 18
    • Isocrates, Busiris, 38
    • Isocrates, Archidamus, 90
    • New Testament, Mark, 16.20
    • Plato, Laws, 861c
    • Plato, Laws, 963a
    • Plato, Republic, 370c
    • Plato, Apology, 23c
    • Plato, Phaedo, 107b
    • Plato, Sophist, 243a
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.128
    • Thucydides, Histories, 5.65
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 7.3.8
    • Hippocrates, De fracturis, 16
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