παρᾰκολουθ-έω,
follow or attend closely, dog one's steps, τινι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 725; τὸ παρακολουθοῦν εἴδωλον ἑκάστῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 266c, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.14,69, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 124; οὓς σὺ ζῶντας μέν, ὦ κίναδος, κολακεύων παρηκολούθεις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.162; πόροι κατὰ πάντα τὸν πλεύμονα παρακολουθοῦντες 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 496a29 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; accrue, especially of loss or damage, with dative, [[ “PSI” 3.168.24 (2nd c.BC), “PRein.” 18.15 (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2 make a succession of growths, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.4.8. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, follow closely, attend minutely to, π. τῷ νοσήματι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 406b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἅπασι [τοῖς πονηρεύμασι] trace accurately all his knaveries, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.257; π. τοῖς πράγμασιν ἐξ ἀρχῆς [prev. author] 18.172 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. χρόνοις follow all the times and dates, [[ 3rd c.BC: Nicomachus Comicus 1.20, cf. NT.Luke.1.3 ] NT+3rd c.BC+]; τοῖς δικαίοις π. [[ 4th c.BC: Demades Orator 1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. ταῖς τιμαῖς (prices) [[ “PMich.Zen.” 28.26 (3rd c.BC) ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τῇ Ὁνοράτου κρίσει [[ “POxy.” 653.29 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 of an audience, προσέχειν τὸν νοῦν καὶ π. εὐμαθῶς [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.116 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, follow with the mind, understand, π. τῷ πῶς.. [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.12.7, etc.: as Stoic term, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.16.33, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; παρακολουθεῖν τούτῳ ὅτι.. understand that.., [[[prev. work] 2.26.3 ] Refs]; simply, π. ὅτι.. [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.554 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; διότι.. [[ “PPetr.” 2p.132 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: with participle, π. ἐλεγχόμενος [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 4.5.21: with _accusative_, τίς παρακολουθεῖ ταῦτ; 4th-3rd c.BC: Damoxenus Comicus 2.25 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. τὰ ἐψηφισμένα become acquainted with.., [[ “GDI” 4940.8 (Cretan dialect), compare “BSA” 29.64 (Eretrian, found at Sparta), “IG” 11(4).1065a17 (from Delos), etc.: in later Philosophy, ἑαυτῷ π] Refs]. to be conscious, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 1.4.5 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; especially to be self-conscious, νοῦν νοοῦντα μόνον, μὴ παρακολουθοῦντα δὲ ἑαυτῷ ὅτι νοεῖ [[ [prev. author] 2.9.1, compare 4.4.37, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 3.4, 14. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]