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ἀκούω

akouo

hear

Appears 633 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἀκούω: Ep. impf. ᾰκουον Il. 12.442: fut. ἀκούσομαι (Act. ἀκούσω first in Hyp. Epit. 34 s. v. l., then in Lyc. 378, 686, D.H. 5.57, Ev.Matt. 12.19, etc.: aor. ἤκουσα, Ep. ᾰκουσα Il. 24.223: pf. ἀκήκοα, Lacon.ἄκουκα Plu. Lyc. 20, Ages. 21; ἤκουκα is a late form, POxy. 237 vii 23 (ii A. D.); later Ion. ἀκήκουκα Herod. 5.49: plpf. ἀκηκόειν Hdt. 2.52, 7.208; ἠκηκόειν X. Oec. 15.7; old Att. ἠκηκόη Ar. V. 800, Pax 616, Pl. Cra. 384b:—rare in Med., pres. (v. infr. II.2): Ep. impf. ἀκούετο Il. 4.331: aor. ἠκουσάμην Mosch. 3.119:—Pass., fut. ἀκουσθήσομαι Pl. R. 507d: aor. ἠκούσθην Th. 3.38, Luc. Somn. 5: pf. ἤκουσμαι D.H. Rh. 11.10, Ps.-Luc. Philopatr. 4; ἀκήκουσμαι is dub. in Luc. Hist. Conscr. 49: plpf. ἤκουστο Anon. ap. Demetr. Eloc. 217, (παρ-) J. AJ 17.10.10. (ἀ-κοϝ-, cf. κοέω):—A. hear, Hom., etc.: prop. c. acc. of thing heard, gen. of person from whom it is heard, ταῦτα Καλυψοῦς ἤκουσα Od. 12.389, cf. S. OT 43, etc.; gen. pers. freq. omitted, πάντʼ ἀκήκοας λόγον Id. Aj. 480, etc.; or the acc. rei, ἄκουε τοῦ θανόντος Id. El. 792, cf. 793:—also c. gen. rei, φθογγῆς, κτύπου, hear it, Od. 12.198 (as v. l.), 21.237; λόγων S. OC 1187; once in Hom. in Med., ἀκούετο λαὸς ἀϋτῆς Il. 4.331. b. c. gen. objecti, hear of, hear tell of, ἀ. πατρός Od. 4.114: freq. c. part., τεθνηῶτος (sc. πατρός) ἀκούσῃς 1.289, etc.; but εἰ . . πατρὸς νόστον ἀ. ib.287; ἀ. περί τινος Od. 19.270, cf. E. IT 964, Isoc. 5.72, Pl. R. 358d, 358e; τι περί τινος X. An. 7.7.30. c. in Prose the pers. from whom thing is heard freq. takes Prep., ἀ. τι ἀπό, ἐκ, παρά, πρός τινος, first in Il. 6.524, cf. Hdt. 3.62, S. OT 7,95, Th. 1.125. d. less freq. c. dupl. gen. pers. et rei, hear of a thing from a person, as Od. 17.115, D. 18.9. e. with part. or inf. added, as εἰ πτώσσοντας ὑφʼ Ἕκτορι πάντας ἀκούσαι should he hear that all are now crouching under Hector, Il. 7.129, cf. Hdt. 7.10.θʹ, X. Cyr. 2.4.12, D. 3.9; ἀ. αὐτὸν ὄλβιον εἶναι to hear [generally] that he is happy, Il. 24.543, cf. X. An. 2.5.13, etc.:—also ἀ. τινὰ ὅτι or ὡς, Ἀτρεΐδην ἀκοετε ὡς. . Od. 3.193; τὸν Δαίδαλον οὐκ ἀκήκοας, ὁτι. .; X. Mem. 4.2.33; ἀ. οὕνεκα S. OC 33. f. c. gen. et part., to express what one actually hears from a person, ταῦτʼ . . ἤκουον σαφῶς Ὀδυσσέως λέγοντος S. Ph. 595; ἀ. τινὸς λέγοντος, διαλεγομένου, Pl. Prt. 320b, X. Mem. 2.4.1: rarely c. acc. et part., S. Ph. 614. 2. know by hearsay, ἔξοιδʼ ἀκούων S. OT 105: pres. is used like a pf., νῆσός τις Συρίη κικλήσκεται, εἴ που ἀκούεις Od. 15.403, cf. 3.193; in Prose, Pl. Grg. 503c, Luc. Gall. 13. 3. abs., hearken, give ear, esp. in proclamations, ἀκούετε λεῴ oyez! oyez! Susar.1, etc.: for S. OT 1386 v. πηγή II. 4. οἱ ἀκούοντες readers of a book, Plb. 1.13.6, al. II. listen to, give ear to, c. gen., Il. 1.381, etc.: metaph., Φωκυλίδου οὐκ ἀκούεις ; Pl. R. 407a: rarely c. dat., ἀ. ἀνέρι κηδομένῳ Il. 16.515 (in S. El. 227 τίνι is Eth. dat.): with gen. of part. after dat., ὅττι οἱ ὦκʼ ἤκουσε . . θεὸς εὐξαμένοιο ib.531. 2. obey, βασιλῆος, θεοῦ, Il. 19.256, Od. 7.11:—Med., Λεωφίλου δʼ ἀκούεται [πάντα] Archil. 64. 3. hear and understand, κλύοντες οὐκ ἤκουον A. Pr. 448, cf. Ch. 5, Ar. Ra. 1173; τὸ μὴ πάντας πάντων ἀκούειν S.E. M. 1.37. 4. to be a pupil of, c. gen., D.L. 9.21. III. after Hom., serving as Pass. to λέγειν, hear oneself called, be called, like Lat. audire, εἴπερ ὄρθʼ ἀκούεις, Ζεῦ S. OT 903 (cf. A. Ag. 161); freq. with εὖ and κακῶς, κακῶς ἀ. ὑπό τινος to be ill spoken of by one; πρός τινος Hdt. 7.16.αʹ; περί τινος for a thing, Id. 6.86.αʹ; ἄμεινον, ἄριστα ἀ., Hdt. 2.173,8.93, cf. S. Ph. 1313, Antipho 5.75, etc. 2. with nom. of subject, ἀκούειν κακός, καλός, S. OC 988, Pl. Ly. 207a; νῦν κόλακες καὶ θεοῖς ἐχθροὶ . . ἀκούουσι D. 18.46, etc.; ἔχαιρε ἀκούων Αἰετὸς ὁ Πύρρος Ael. NA 7.45; later in Pass. in this sense, Nonn. D. 21.220,al. 3. c. inf., ἤκουον εἶναι πρῶτοι were said to be first, Hdt. 3.131; also ἀκούσομαι μὲν ὡς ἔφυν οἴκτου πλέως S. Ph. 1074. 4. c. acc. rei, ἀ. κακά have evil spoken of one, Ar. Th. 388, cf. S. Ph. 607; ἀ. λόγον ἐσλόν Pi. I. 5(4).13; φήμας . . κακὰς ἤκουσεν E. Hel. 615. 5. οὕτως ἀ. hear it so said, i. e. at first hearing, ὡς οὕτω γʼ ἀκοῦσαι Pl. Euthphr. 3b; ὥς γε οὑτωσὶ ἀκοῦσαι Id. Ly. 216a. IV. understand, take in a certain sense, Jul. Or. 4.147a; esp. in Scholl., as Sch.E. Or. 333; τι ἐπί τινος Sch.E. Hipp. 73. V. Astrol., aspect mutually, of signs equidistant from an equinoctial sign, Doroth. 189, Heph. Astr.2.2; also, = ὑπακούειν (q. v.), Id. 1.9.
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