ἀνηκουστέω
From LSJ
Ὁ θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
English (LSJ)
A to be unwilling to hear, disobey, c. gen., οὐδ' ἄρα πατρὸς ἀνηκούστησε Il.15.236; τῶν πατρὸς λόγων A.Pr.40; τῶν νόμων Th.1.84: c. dat., ἀ. τοῖσι στρατηγοῖσι Hdt.6.14: also abs., 1.115, Aen.Tact.10.3.