ἐπήκοος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[ἐπάκοος]] [ᾱ], ον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[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 ''AP''9.303 (Adaeus): abs., [[listening to prayer]], of gods, Pi.''O.''14.14 codd., Ar.''Th.'' 1157 (lyr.), ''BGU''1216.50 (ii B.C.); Ἀσκληπιῷ ἐ. θεῷ ''IG''12(8).366 (Thasos); [[epithet]] of Artemis, ''IG''14.963, 12(9).1262 (Attica), etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[obedient]], ψυχαί J.''BJ''3.8.5.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[within hearing]], [[within ear-shot]], <b class="b3">εἰς ἐπήκοον στῆσαί τινα, καλέσασθαι</b>, X.''An.''2.5.38, 3.3.1; <b class="b3">ἐν ἐπηκόῳ εἶναι, στῆναι</b>, J.''BJ''5.9.3,3.10.2; ἐξ ἐπηκόου Luc.''Cont.''20; ἐς τὸ ἐπηκοώτατον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Id.''Icar.''23; ἀναγνῶναι ἐς ἐ. ἅπασι Id.''Symp.'' 21<br><span class="bld">III</span> Pass., [[heard]], [[listened to]], ἃ πᾶς ὑμνεῖ ἐπήκοα γενέσθαι παρὰ θεῶν Pl.''Lg.''931b; ἐ. αἱ τοῦ θεοφιλοῦς εὐχαί Ph.1.296.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> Subst. [[ἐπήκοος]], Dor. <b class="b3">ἐπάκοος, ὁ,</b> [[witness]] to a transaction, ''IG''5(1).1228 (Taenarum), al., dub. in ''Foed.Delph.Pell.''1''A''15; ἐπήκοοι [[delegates]], IG11(4).1065. (Dual [[ἐπακόω]] ib.5(1).1230, ἐπάκω 1231, 1233, ἐπάκοε 1232.)