ἀκούω

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Ep. impf.

   A ᾰκουον Il.12.442: fut. ἀκούσομαι (Act. ἀκούσω first in Hyp.Epit.34 s. v. l., then in Lyc.378, 686, D.H.5.57, Ev.Matt.12.19, etc.: aor. ἤκουσα, Ep. ᾰκουσα Il.24.223: pf. ἀκήκοα, Lacon.ἄκουκα Plu.Lyc.20, Ages.21; ἤκουκα is a late form, POxy.237 vii 23 (ii A. D.); later Ion. ἀκήκουκα Herod.5.49: plpf. ἀκηκόειν Hdt.2.52, 7.208; ἠκηκόειν X.Oec.15.7; old Att. ἠκηκόη Ar.V.800, Pax616, Pl.Cra. 384b:—rare in Med., pres. (v. infr. 11.2): Ep. impf. ἀκούετο Il.4.331: aor. ἠκουσάμην Mosch.3.119:—Pass., fut. ἀκουσθήσομαι Pl. R.507d: aor. ἠκούσθην Th.3.38, Luc.Somn.5: pf. ἤκουσμαι D.H. Rh.11.10, Ps.-Luc.Philopatr.4; ἀκήκουσμαι is dub. in Luc.Hist. Conscr.49: plpf. ἤκουστο Anon. ap. Demetr.Eloc.217, (παρ-) J.AJ17.10.10. (ἀ-κοϝ-, cf. κοέω):—hear, Hom., etc.: prop. c. acc. of thing heard, gen. of person from whom it is heard, ταῦτα Καλυψοῦς ἤκουσα Od.12.389, cf. S.OT43, etc.; gen. pers. freq. omitted, πάντ' ἀκήκοας λόγον Id.Aj.480, etc.; or the acc. rei, ἄκουε τοῦ θανόντος Id.El.792, cf. 793:—also c. gen. rei, φθογγῆς, κτύπου, hear it, Od.12.198 (as v. l.), 21.237; λόγων S.OC1187; once in Hom. in Med., ἀκούετο λαὸς ἀϋτῆς Il.4.331.    b c. gen. objecti, hear of, hear tell of, ἀ. πατρός Od.4.114: freq. c. part., τεθνηῶτος (sc. πατρός) ἀκούσῃς 1.289, etc.; but εἰ . . πατρὸς νόστον ἀ. ib.287; ἀ. περί τινος Od.19.270, cf. E.IT964, Isoc.5.72, Pl.R.358d, 358e; τι περί τινος X.An.7.7.30.    c in Prose the pers. from whom thing is heard freq. takes Prep., ἀ. τι ἀπό, ἐκ, παρά, πρός τινος, first in Il.6.524, cf. Hdt.3.62, S.OT7,95, Th.1.125.    d less freq. c. dupl. gen. pers. et rei, hear of a thing from a person, as Od.17.115, D.18.9.    e with part. or inf. added, as εἰ πτώσσοντας ὑφ' Ἕκτορι πάντας ἀκούσαι should he hear that all are now crouching under Hector, Il.7.129, cf. Hdt.7.10.θ, X.Cyr.2.4.12, D.3.9; ἀ. αὐτὸν ὄλβιον εἶναι to hear [generally] that he is happy, Il.24.543, cf. X.An.2.5.13, etc.:—also ἀ. τινὰ ὅτι or ὡς, Ἀτρεΐδην ἀκοετε ὡς. . Od.3.193; τὸν Δαίδαλον οὐκ ἀκήκοας, ὁτι. .; X.Mem.4.2.33; ἀ. οὕνεκα S.OC33.    f c. gen. et part., to express what one actually hears from a person, ταῦτ' . . ἤκουον σαφῶς Ὀδυσσέως λέγοντος S. Ph.595; ἀ. τινὸς λέγοντος, διαλεγομένου, Pl.Prt.320b, X.Mem.2.4.1: rarely c. acc. et part., S.Ph.614.    2 know by hearsay, ἔξοιδ' ἀκούων S.OT105: pres. is used like a pf., νῆσός τις Συρίη κικλήσκεται, εἴ που ἀκούεις Od.15.403, cf. 3.193; in Prose, Pl.Grg.503c, Luc. Gall.13.    3 abs., hearken, give ear, esp. in proclamations, ἀκούετε λεῴ oyez! oyez! Susar.1, etc.: for S.OT1386 v. πηγή 2.    4 οἱ ἀκούοντες readers of a book, Plb.1.13.6, al.    II listen to, give ear to, c. gen., Il.1.381, etc.: metaph., Φωκυλίδου οὐκ ἀκούεις ; Pl.R. 407a: rarely c. dat., ἀ. ἀνέρι κηδομένῳ Il.16.515 (in S.El.227 τίνι is Eth. dat.): with gen. of part. after dat., ὅττι οἱ ὦκ' ἤκουσε . . θεὸς εὐξαμένοιο ib.531.    2 obey, βασιλῆος, θεοῦ, Il.19.256, Od.7.11:—Med., Λεωφίλου δ' ἀκούεται [πάντα] Archil.64.    3 hear and understand, κλύοντες οὐκ ἤκουον A.Pr.448, cf. Ch.5, Ar.Ra.1173; τὸ μὴ πάντας πάντων ἀκούειν S.E.M.1.37.    4 to be a pupil of, c. gen., D.L.9.21.    III after Hom., serving as Pass. to λέγειν, hear oneself called, be called, like Lat. audire, εἴπερ ὄρθ' ἀκούεις, Ζεῦ S.OT903 (cf. A.Ag. 161); freq. with εὖ and κακῶς, κακῶς ἀ. ὑπό τινος to be ill spoken of by one; πρός τινος Hdt.7.16.ά; περί τινος for a thing, Id.6.86.ά; ἄμεινον, ἄριστα ἀ., Hdt.2.173,8.93, cf. S.Ph.1313, Antipho 5.75, etc.    2 with nom. of subject, ἀκούειν κακός, καλός, S.OC988, Pl.Ly.207a; νῦν κόλακες καὶ θεοῖς ἐχθροὶ . . ἀκούουσι D.18.46, etc.; ἔχαιρε ἀκούων Αἰετὸς ὁ Πύρρος Ael.NA7.45; later in Pass. in this sense, Nonn.D. 21.220,al.    3 c. inf., ἤκουον εἶναι πρῶτοι were said to be first, Hdt. 3.131; also ἀκούσομαι μὲν ὡς ἔφυν οἴκτου πλέως S.Ph.1074.    4 c. acc. rei, ἀ. κακά have evil spoken of one, Ar.Th.388, cf. S.Ph.607; ἀ. λόγον ἐσλόν Pi.I.5(4).13; φήμας . . κακὰς ἤκουσεν E.Hel.615.    5 οὕτως ἀ. hear it so said, i. e. at first hearing, ὡς οὕτω γ' ἀκοῦσαι Pl. Euthphr.3b; ὥς γε οὑτωσὶ ἀκοῦσαι Id.Ly.216a.    IV understand, take in a certain sense, Jul.Or.4.147a; esp. in Scholl., as Sch.E.Or. 333; τι ἐπί τινος Sch.E.Hipp.73.    V Astrol., aspect mutually, of signs equidistant from an equinoctial sign, Doroth.189, Heph. Astr.2.2; also, = ὑπακούειν (q. v.), Id.1.9.