auscultatio
From LSJ
οἵ γε καὶ ἐν τῷ παρόντι ἀντιπάλως μᾶλλον ἢ ὑποδεεστέρως τῷ ναυτικῷ ἀνθώρμουν → whose navy, even as it was, faced the Athenian more as an equal than as an inferior
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
auscultātĭo: ōnis, f. ausculto.
I A listening, attending to: auscultatio et publicorum secretorumque inquisitio, Sen. Tranq. 12.—
II An obeying: Quid mihi scelesto tibi erat auscultatio? Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 18.
