ἀκόλουθος

See also: ακόλουθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κέλευθος (kéleuthos, “path”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *kel-, with copulative ἀ- (a-).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.kó.luː.tʰos/ → /ˈaˈko.lu.θos/ → /ˈaˈko.lu.θos/

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

Adjective

ᾰ̓́κόλουθος • (ákólouthos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́κόλουθον); second declension

1. 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 akólouthos	ᾰ̓κόλουθον akólouthon		ᾰ̓κολούθω akoloúthō	ᾰ̓κολούθω akoloúthō		ᾰ̓κόλουθοι akólouthoi	ᾰ̓κόλουθᾰ akóloutha
Genitive		ᾰ̓κολούθου akoloúthou	ᾰ̓κολούθου akoloúthou		ᾰ̓κολούθοιν akoloúthoin	ᾰ̓κολούθοιν akoloúthoin		ᾰ̓κολούθων akoloúthōn	ᾰ̓κολούθων akoloúthōn
Dative		ᾰ̓κολούθῳ akoloúthōi	ᾰ̓κολούθῳ akoloúthōi		ᾰ̓κολούθοιν akoloúthoin	ᾰ̓κολούθοιν akoloúthoin		ᾰ̓κολούθοις akoloúthois	ᾰ̓κολούθοις akoloúthois
Accusative		ᾰ̓κόλουθον akólouthon	ᾰ̓κόλουθον akólouthon		ᾰ̓κολούθω akoloúthō	ᾰ̓κολούθω akoloúthō		ᾰ̓κολούθους akoloúthous	ᾰ̓κόλουθᾰ akóloutha
Vocative		ᾰ̓κόλουθε akólouthe	ᾰ̓κόλουθον akólouthon		ᾰ̓κολούθω akoloúthō	ᾰ̓κολούθω akoloúthō		ᾰ̓κόλουθοι akólouthoi	ᾰ̓κόλουθᾰ akóloutha
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓κολούθως akoloúthōs			ᾰ̓κολουθότερος akolouthóteros			ᾰ̓κολουθότᾰτος akolouthótatos
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
• Greek: ακόλουθος (akólouthos)
• Latin: acolūthus, acolythus
  • Dutch: acoliet
  • English: acolyte
  • French: acolyte

Further reading

• “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 (2006–2024)
• 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.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN