ἀκρόασις
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ' ἐσθλὸν τῷδ' ἔμμεν' ὅτῳ φρένας θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν → evil appears as good to him whose mind the god is leading to destruction (Sophocles, Antigone 622f.)
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A hearing, hearkening or listening to, Antipho 5.4, Th.1.21,22, etc.; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαί τινος, = ἀκροᾶσθαι, And.1.9; κλέπτειν τὴν ἀ. ὑμῶν to cheat you into hearing, Aeschin.3.35. 2 obedience, τῶν ἐν ἀρχῇ Th.2.37. II thing listened to, recitation, lecture, Hp. Praec.,12, Plb.32.2.5, IG2.466, etc.:—φυσικὴ ἀ., title of work by Arist. III = ἀκροατήριον, Plu.2.58c.
German (Pape)
[Seite 82] ἡ, 1) das Hören, Thuc. 1, 21; ἐς ἀκρόασιν ἀτερπέστερον, zu hören, 22; ποιεῖσθαι ἀκρόασιν, hören, Aeschin. 3, 60, wie Isocr. 8, 3; κλέπτειν, das Ohr bestechen, Aesch. 3, 99. – 2) ἀκροάσεις ποιεῖσθαι, Vorlesungen halten, Pol. 32, 6; Luc. Prom. 2; Plut. Pomp. 42, derauch ἐν ἀκροάσεσι καὶ θεάτροις disc. am. et. adul. 23 abdt, also: Ort für Vorlesungen, Auditorium. – 3) Gehorsam, Thuc. 2, 37.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀκρόᾱσις: -εως, ἡ, τὸ ἀκούειν ἢ προσέχειν εἴς τινα, Ἀντιφῶν, 129, 41, Θουκυδ. 1.21, 22, κτλ., ἀκρ. ποιεῖσθαί τινος = ἀκροᾶσθαι, Ἀνδοκ. 2. 21· κλέπτειν τὴν ἀκρόασιν ὑμῶν, δι’ ἀπάτης ἀναγκάζειν ὑμᾶς νὰ ἀκούσητε, Αἰσχίν. 58. 37. 2) ὑπακοή, τινός, Θουκ. 2. 37. ΙΙ. ἐκεῖνο ὅπερ ἀκροᾶταί τις, τὸ ἀπαγγελόμενον, μάθημα, ἀνάγνωσμα, Ἱππ. 28.15, Πολύβ. 32. 6, 5· φυσικὴ ἀκρ., ὄνομα ἔργου τινὸς τοῦ Ἀριστοτέλ. ΙΙΙ. ἀκροατήριον, Πλουτ. 2. 58C.
