ἀκόλουθος

See also: ακόλουθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A double-ablauted formation from κέλευθος (kéleuthos, “path”) + copulative ἀ- (a-).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kó.luː.tʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈko.lu.tʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈko.lu.θos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈko.lu.θos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈko.lu.θos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓κόλουθος • (ăkólouthos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓κόλουθον); second declension

following, attending

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓κόλουθος; ᾰ̓κόλουθον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓κόλουθος ăkólouthos	ᾰ̓κόλουθον ăkólouthon	ᾰ̓κολούθω ăkoloúthō	ᾰ̓κολούθω ăkoloúthō	ᾰ̓κόλουθοι ăkólouthoi	ᾰ̓κόλουθᾰ ăkólouthă
Genitive	ᾰ̓κολούθου ăkoloúthou	ᾰ̓κολούθου ăkoloúthou	ᾰ̓κολούθοιν ăkoloúthoin	ᾰ̓κολούθοιν ăkoloúthoin	ᾰ̓κολούθων ăkoloúthōn	ᾰ̓κολούθων ăkoloúthōn
Dative	ᾰ̓κολούθῳ ăkoloúthōi	ᾰ̓κολούθῳ ăkoloúthōi	ᾰ̓κολούθοιν ăkoloúthoin	ᾰ̓κολούθοιν ăkoloúthoin	ᾰ̓κολούθοις ăkoloúthois	ᾰ̓κολούθοις ăkoloúthois
Accusative	ᾰ̓κόλουθον ăkólouthon	ᾰ̓κόλουθον ăkólouthon	ᾰ̓κολούθω ăkoloúthō	ᾰ̓κολούθω ăkoloúthō	ᾰ̓κολούθους ăkoloúthous	ᾰ̓κόλουθᾰ ăkólouthă
Vocative	ᾰ̓κόλουθε ăkólouthe	ᾰ̓κόλουθον ăkólouthon	ᾰ̓κολούθω ăkoloúthō	ᾰ̓κολούθω ăkoloúthō	ᾰ̓κόλουθοι ăkólouthoi	ᾰ̓κόλουθᾰ ăkólouthă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓κολούθως ăkoloúthōs		ᾰ̓κολουθότερος ăkolouthóteros		ᾰ̓κολουθότᾰτος ăkolouthótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀκολουθέω (akolouthéō)
ἀνακόλουθος (anakólouthos)

Descendants

→ English: acoloutha, acolyte
Greek: ακόλουθος (akólouthos)
→ Latin: acolūthus, acolythus (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀκόλουθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 53

“ἀκόλουθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀκόλουθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἀκόλουθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀκόλουθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
ἀκόλουθος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- accordant idem, page 7.
- agreeable idem, page 19.
- attendant idem, page 51.
- compatible idem, page 150.
- concomitant idem, page 156.
- conformable idem, page 159.
- conformity idem, page 159.
- consequent idem, page 162.
- consistent idem, page 163.
- consonant with idem, page 164.
- courtier idem, page 179.
- follower idem, page 332.
- footman idem, page 334.
- incident to idem, page 428.
- lackey idem, page 473.
- relative idem, page 689.
- retainer idem, page 706.
- satellite idem, page 734.
- servant idem, page 755.

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀκόλουθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 53

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