ἀκολουθ-έω,
follow one, go after or with him, frequently of soldiers and slaves:—mostly with dative person, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 19, etc.; ἀ. τῷ ἡγουμένῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 474c; with Preps., ἀ. μετά τινος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.57, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 187e, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.27, etc.; τοῖς σώμασι μετ᾽ ἐκείνων ἠκολούθουν, ταῖς δ᾽ εὐνοίαις μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν ἦσαν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 14.15; ἀ. σύν τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.5.3; κατόπιν τινός 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 13: rarely with _accusative_, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 558: _absolutely_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 277e, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 18.8, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἐφ᾽ ἁρπαγήν, of soldiers, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.98] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀκολουθῶν, ὁ, as substantive, ={ἀκόλουθος}[[ 1, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Adul.fragment” 1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 of stars, follow in the diurnal rotation, [[ 4th c.BC: Autolycus Astronomus 2.2. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, follow, be guided by, τῇ γνώμῃ τινός[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.38] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς πράγμασιν, τοῖς τοῦ πολέμου καιροῖς, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.39, 24.95] Refs 4th c.BC+]; obey, τοῖς νόμοις[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.19: with _accusative_ _neuter_, ἀ. ἅπαντα “PLille” 1.26. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 follow the thread of a discourse, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 107b, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]