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ἐπήκοος

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Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

Euripides, Suppliants, 968
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Transliteration A: epḗkoos Transliteration B: epēkoos Transliteration C: epikoos Beta Code: e)ph/koos

English (LSJ)

Dor. ἐπάκοος [ᾱ], ον,

   A listening, giving ear to, c.gen., ἐμῶν ἔργων A.Ag.1420; κακῶν, δίκης, Id.Ch.980, Eu.732; ἐ. καὶ θεαταὶ δικῶν Pl.Lg.767d; λόγων Id.R.499a: less freq. c. dat., εὐχαῖς Id.Phlb.25b; ἐ. εἶναι γονεῦσι πρὸς τέκνα θεούς Id.Lg.931c; ὧν ηὔχοντο τὰ μέγιστα αὐτοῖς οἱ θεοὶ ἐ. γεγόνασι Id.Mx.247d; γυναιξίν AP9.303 (Adaeus): abs., listening to prayer, of gods, Pi.O.14.14 codd., Ar.Th. 1157 (lyr.), BGU1216.50 (ii B.C.); Ἀσκληπιῷ ἐ. θεῷ IG12(8).366 (Thasos); epith. of Artemis, IG14.963, 12(9).1262 (Attica), etc.    2 obedient, ψυχαί J.BJ3.8.5.    II within hearing, within ear-shot, εἰς ἐπήκοον στῆσαί τινα, καλέσασθαι, X.An.2.5.38, 3.3.1; ἐν ἐπηκόῳ εἶναι, στῆναι, J.BJ5.9.3,3.10.2; ἐξ ἐπηκόου Luc.Cont.20; ἐς τὸ ἐπηκοώτατον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Id.Icar.23; ἀναγνῶναι ἐς ἐ. ἅπασι Id.Symp. 21    III Pass., heard, listened to, ἃ πᾶς ὑμνεῖ ἐπήκοα γενέσθαι παρὰ θεῶν Pl.Lg.931b; ἐ. αἱ τοῦ θεοφιλοῦς εὐχαί Ph.1.296.    IV Subst. ἐπήκοος, Dor. ἐπάκοος, ὁ, witness to a transaction, IG5(1).1228 (Taenarum), al., dub. in Foed.Delph.Pell.1A15; ἐπήκοοι delegates, IG11(4).1065. (Dual ἐπακόω ib.5(1).1230, ἐπάκω 1231, 1233, ἐπάκοε 1232.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 920] (vgl. ἐπακουός), 1) darauf hörend, erhörend, bes. von den Göttern, ἐπάκοος γενεῦ Pind. Ol. 14, 15; δίκης, κακῶν, Aesch. Eum. 702 Ch. 974; vgl. Ag. 1394; λόγων Eur. Heracl. 120; ἄν πέρ γε ἐμαῖς εὐχαῖς ἐπ. γίγνηταί τις τῶν θεῶν Plat. Phil. 25 b; ὧν εὔχοντο τὰ μέγιστα αὐτοῖς οἱ θεοὶ ἐπ. γεγόνασι, haben sie erhört, Menex. 247 d; καὶ θεαταί Legg. VI, 767 d. – Aber Plat. Legg. XI, 931 b ἃ πᾶς ὑμνεῖ ἐπήκοα γενέσθαι παρὰ θεῶν = was erhört worden von Seiten der Götter. – 2) der Ort, von wo aus man hören kann; ἔστησαν εἰς ἐπήκοον Xen. An. 2, 5, 38, εἰς ἐπ. καλεσάμενος αὐτούς 3, 3, 1, προσελθόντες εἰς ἐπ. ἠρώτων 4, 4, 5, immer von Verhandlungen mit Feinden, bei denen man sich gegenseitig auf Hörweite nähert; ἐς τὸ ἐπηκοώτατον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Luc. Icarom. 23; ἀναγνῶναι ἐς ἐπ., so daß es Alle hören können, Conv. 21.