hearing
From LSJ
κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν τὴν μήτε πλουσίους ἄγαν μήτε πένητας ἔχουσαν πολίτας → the best democracy is that in which the citizens are neither very rich nor very poor (Thales/Plutarch)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
sense of hearing: P. and V. ἀκοή, ἡ, P. ἀκρόασις, ἡ; see also earshot.
right of being heard: P. ἀκρόασις, ἡ.
give a hearing to all who come forward: P. πᾶσι τοῖς παριοῦσι λόγον διδόναι (Dem. 27).
prevent from getting a hearing: P. ἐκκλῄειν λόγου τυγχάνειν (Dem. 349).
hard of hearing, adj.: see deaf.
be hard of hearing, v.: P. ἀμβλὺ ἀκούειν (Plato).
adjective
listening to: P. and V. ἐπήκοος (gen., sometimes also dat.) (Plato).
