assecla (a dependent on a noble, mostly in a contemptuous sense; then, also, e.g., a disciple, scholar, especially of a philosopher, and a follower of a philosophical sect; ☞ sectator and assectator, in this sense, belong to the Silver Age): socius: amicus (a companion, friend): fautor: studiosus alicujus (a favorer, supporter): suitor: admirator (an admirer): gregalis (a companion, comrade, in a bad sense). The followers of anybody (in a political sense), qui sentiunt cum aliquo; qui stant cum or ab aliquo; qui faciunt cum aliquo; qui alicujus partibus favent; qui alicui student: alicujus sectam secuti (especially in a philosophical, but also in a political sense; e.g., Liv., 8, 19, pro Vitruvio sectamque ejus secutis). ☞ For the followers of philosophical sects, the Latin has also proper appellatives; e.g., the followers of Pythagoras, Socrates, Democritus, Epicurus, Pythagorei, Socratici, Democritici, Epicurei (or Democriti, Epicuri, etc., sectam secuti).