ἐπᾰκολουθ-έω,
follow close upon, follow after, pursue, τινί [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1328, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 23c, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; move with, τῷ ἄλλῳ σώματι [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 16; ἐ. ἡ χεὶρ τοῦ νεκροῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.8. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 pursue as an enemy, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.128, 5.65, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” [4.1.1], etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 attend to, follow mentally, understand, τῷ λόγῳ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 107b; τοῖς λεγομένοις [prev. author] “Lg.” 861c; αὐτοῖς λέγουσι [prev. author] “Sph.” 243a; κάλλιστ᾽ ἐπακολουθεῖς [prev. author] “Lg.” 963a, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 attend to, follow, i.e. obey or comply with, ταῖς τῶν συμμάχων γνώμαις [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.90; τοῖς πάθεσι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 26.18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτῶν τῇ προαιρέσει Philipp. cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.167 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ταῖς τῶν ποιητῶν βλασφημίαις ἐ. follow them (as authorities), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 11.38: with _dative_ _person_, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1096b7. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 attend to, i.e. execute, a task, τῷ πραττομένῳ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 370c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; wait upon, of bees, τοῖς βασιλεῦσι [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 760b15. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]