ἐπήκοος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. ἐπάκοος [ᾱ], ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[listening]], [[giving ear to]], c.gen., ἐμῶν ἔργων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1420</span>; <b class="b3">κακῶν, δίκης</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>980</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>732</span>; ἐ. καὶ θεαταὶ δικῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>767d</span>; λόγων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>499a</span>: less freq. c. dat., εὐχαῖς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>25b</span>; ἐ. εἶναι γονεῦσι πρὸς τέκνα θεούς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>931c</span>; ὧν ηὔχοντο τὰ μέγιστα αὐτοῖς οἱ θεοὶ ἐ. γεγόνασι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mx.</span>247d</span>; γυναιξίν <span class="title">AP</span>9.303 (Adaeus): abs., [[listening to prayer]], of gods, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>14.14</span> codd., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span> 1157</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1216.50</span> (ii B.C.); Ἀσκληπιῷ ἐ. θεῷ <span class="title">IG</span>12(8).366 (Thasos); epith. of Artemis, <span class="title">IG</span>14.963, 12(9).1262 (Attica), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[obedient]], ψυχαί <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>3.8.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">within hearing, within ear-shot</b>, <b class="b3">εἰς ἐπήκοον στῆσαί τινα, καλέσασθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.5.38</span>, <span class="bibl">3.3.1</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ἐπηκόῳ εἶναι, στῆναι</b>, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>5.9.3</span>,<span class="bibl">3.10.2</span>; ἐξ ἐπηκόου <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Cont.</span>20</span>; ἐς τὸ ἐπηκοώτατον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Icar.</span>23</span>; ἀναγνῶναι ἐς ἐ. ἅπασι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Symp.</span> 21</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Pass., [[heard]], [[listened to]], ἃ πᾶς ὑμνεῖ ἐπήκοα γενέσθαι παρὰ θεῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>931b</span>; ἐ. αἱ τοῦ θεοφιλοῦς εὐχαί <span class="bibl">Ph.1.296</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> Subst. [[ἐπήκοος]], Dor. <b class="b3">ἐπάκοος, ὁ,</b> [[witness]] to a transaction, <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).1228 (Taenarum), al., dub. in <span class="title">Foed.Delph.Pell.</span>1<span class="title">A</span>15; ἐπήκοοι [[delegates]], IG11(4).1065. (Dual [[ἐπακόω]] ib.5(1).1230, ἐπάκω 1231, 1233, ἐπάκοε 1232.)</span>