ἀκροάομαι

akroaomai

hearken, listen to

Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 3
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Book II 1
Chapter 5 1262b37–1264b25

1263b16
Book VIII 2
Chapter 5 1339a11–1340b19

1340a12
1340a22
Rhetoric 3
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Book I 2
Chapter 1 1354a1–1355b24

1354b34

Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15

1378a15
Book III 1
Chapter 14 1414b19–1416a3

1415b12
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 2 1230a34–1231b4

1230b32
History of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 10 536b24–537b21

537b3
Sophistical Refutations 1
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Chapter 34 183a27–184b8

184b6

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀκροάομαι [ᾰ Ar. Ra. 315], fut. -άσομαι [ᾱ] Pl. Ap. 37d, etc.: aor. ἠκροᾱσάμην Ar.l.c., etc.: pf. ἠκρόᾱμαι Arist. HA 537b3: 2sg. plpf. ἠκρόασο Antiph. 93 ἠκροᾶσο· ἠκροῶ, wrongly, AB 98): aor. ἠκροάθην (in pass. sense) J. AJ 17.5.2, Aristid. 1.30 J.:—A. hearken, listen to: c. gen. pers., Antipho 5.4, Pl. Grg. 499b: c. acc. rei, Th. 6.89, etc.: c. gen. rei, Th. 2.21, 6.17: c. gen. pers. et acc. rei, Pl. Hp.Ma. 285d. 2. abs., listen, Hp. Int. 35, Ar. Lys. 503, Pherecr. 154, Lys. 19.3; ὁ ἀκροώμενος hearer, Eup. 94.7; esp. of those who hear lectures, X. Smp. 3.6; also, reader, Philostr. VA 5.14: c. gen., ἀνὴρ Ἀριστοτέλους ἠκροαμένος Str. 13.1.54, cf. Plu. Caes. 3. II. attend to, obey, τινός Th. 3.27, cf. Lys. 20.9, Pl. Grg. 488c: abs., ἐνδοιαστῶς ἀ. Th. 6.10.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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