ἐνωτίζομαι
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
(οὖς)
A give ear, hearken to, λόγους LXXGe.4.23; ῥήματα Act.Ap.2.14: c.dat., ἐντολαῖς LXXEx.15.26.
German (Pape)
[Seite 861] (οὖς), hören, vernehmen, LXX., N. T.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐνωτίζομαι: ἀποθ. (οὖς) ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶ δέχομαι, ἀκούω μετὰ προσοχῆς, προσέχω, Ἑβδ. (Ἱερ. ΚΓʹ, 18 κ. ἀλλ.), ἐνωτίσασθε τὰ ῥήματά μου Πράξ. Ἀποστ. βʹ, 14, Ὠριγ. Ι. 509C, κλ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
écouter, entendre.
Étymologie: ἐν, οὖς.
Spanish (DGE)
1 escuchar c. ac. y dat. ὅσα τούτοις ἐνωτισθῇς A.Phil.Epit.78
•prestar oídos, poner atención sólo c. ac. τίς ... ἐνωτιεῖται ταῦτα; LXX Is.42.23, τὰ ῥήματα LXX Ib.32.11, cf. Iul.Ar.180.13 τὸ καλόν LXX Ib.34.2, τὴν ... διδασκαλίαν αὐτοῦ ἐνωτισθείς Gr.Nyss.M.46.832B, abs. ὦτα ἔχουσιν καὶ οὐκ ἐνωτισθήσονται LXX Ps.134.17, cf. Id.5.3, Os.5.1, Is.28.23.
2 c. dat. de abstr. hacer caso, obedecer ἐὰν ... ἐνωτίσῃ ταῖς ἐντολαῖς αὐτοῦ LXX Ex.15.26.
English (Strong)
middle voice from a compound of ἐν and οὖς; to take in one's ear, i.e. to listen: hearken.
