ἀκόλουθος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ᾰ̓κόλουθος (akólouthosm or f (neuter ᾰ̓κόλουθον); second declension

  1. following, attending

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References

  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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