[B-Greek] Question about AKOLOUTHEO

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Mar 5 15:12:00 EST 2004


At 2:00 PM -0600 3/5/04, Ed Garcia wrote:
>Isn't there a connection between AKOLOUTHEO (follow) and AKOUW (hear)?

No. The root of AKOUW is AKOf (where "f" is for digamma); AKOLOUQEW is a
denominative verb derivative from the adjective AKOLOUQOS, compound of A-
sociative and the old Homeric word for path/road, KELEUQOS, and would mean
originally "accompany on the way."
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Carl W. Conrad
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