ACCOMPANY Copy link • ACCOMPANY(A) PROP., comitari aliquem or aliquid; comitem alicujus esse; comitem se alicui dare, praebere, adjungere (to accompany as a companion): prosequi aliquem or aliquid (to attend, for the purpose of testifying respect): deducere (to attend, as a mark of respect; e.g. a Roman senator from his house to the forum, or from the forum to his house; also, a bride to her new home): sectari, assectari (to attach one’s self to a superior, as one of his followers; e.g., of scholars and dependents): inter comites alicujus aspici (to be one of his companions). To accompany anybody to his residence, prosequi, deducere aliquem domum; to beaccompanied by a crowd, stipari (e.g., non usitata frequentia). (B) ImPROP. To do or testify anything to a departing friend, prosequi aliquem (e.g., with tears and good wishes, lacrimis votisque). To accompany one’s gift with obliging words, munus suum ornare verbis; a song with music, or music with the voice, vocem fidibus jungere; ad chordarum sonum cantare; a song with the lute, carmen formare cithara (v. Gierig, Plin., Ep., 4, 19, 1). To accompany a singer with the flute, concinere alicui pronuncianti; the horns which accompany the lyre, cornua ea quae ad nervos resonant in cantibus.