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ἀκούω : Ep. impf.
A.α?̓́κουονIl.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. “α?̓́κουσαIl.24.223: pf. ἀκήκοα, Lacon.“ἄκουκαPlu.Lyc.20, Ages.21; ἤκουκα is a late form, POxy.237 vii 23 (ii A. D.); later Ion. “ἀκήκουκαHerod.5.49: plpf. “ἀκηκόεινHdt.2.52, 7.208; “ἠκηκόεινX.Oec.15.7; old Att. “ἠκηκόηAr.V.800, Pax616, Pl.Cra. 384b:—rare in Med., pres. (v. infr. 11.2): Ep. impf. “ἀκούετοIl.4.331: aor. “ἠκουσάμηνMosch.3.119:—Pass., fut. “ἀκουσθήσομαιPl. R.507d: aor. “ἠκούσθηνTh.3.38, Luc.Somn.5: pf. “ἤκουσμαιD.H. Rh.11.10, Ps.-Luc.Philopatr.4; ἀκήκουσμαι is dub. in Luc.Hist. Conscr.49: plpf. “ἤκουστοAnon. ap. Demetr.Eloc.217, (παρ-) J.AJ17.10.10. (ἀ-κοϝ-, cf. κοέω):—hear, Hom., etc.: prop. c. acc. of thing heard, gen. of person from whom it is heard, “ταῦτα Καλυψοῦς ἤκουσαOd.12.389, cf. S.OT43, etc.; gen. pers. freq. omitted, “πάντ᾽ ἀκήκοας λόγονId.Aj.480, etc.; or the acc. rei, “ἄκουε τοῦ θανόντοςId.El.792, cf. 793:—also c. gen. rei, φθογγῆς, κτύπου, hear it, Od.12.198 (as v. l.), 21.237; “λόγωνS.OC1187; once in Hom. in Med., “ἀκούετο λαὸς ἀϋτῆςIl.4.331.
b. c. gen. objecti, hear of, hear tell of, “. πατρόςOd.4.114: freq. c. part., τεθνηῶτος (sc. πατρός)“ἀκούσῃς1.289, etc.; but εἰ . . πατρὸς νόστον . ib.287; “. περί τινοςOd.19.270, cf. E.IT964, Isoc.5.72, Pl.R.358d, 358e; “τι περί τινοςX.An.7.7.30.
c. in Prose the pers. from whom thing is heard freq. takes Prep., . τι ἀπό, ἐκ, παρά, πρός τινος, first in Il.6.524, cf. Hdt.3.62, S.OT7,95, 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.
f. c. gen. et part., to express what one actually hears from a person, “ταῦτ᾽ . . ἤκουον σαφῶς Ὀδυσσέως λέγοντοςS. Ph.595; . τινὸς λέγοντος, διαλεγομένου, Pl.Prt.320b, X.Mem.2.4.1: rarely c. acc. et part., S.Ph.614.
3. abs., hearken, give ear, esp. in proclamations, ἀκούετε λεῴ oyez! oyez! Susar.1, etc.: for S.OT1386 v. πηγή 2.
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., “. ἀνέρι κηδομένῳIl.16.515 (in S.El.227 τίνι is Eth. dat.): with gen. of part. after dat., ὅττι οἱ ὦκ᾽ ἤκουσε . . θεὸς εὐξαμένοιο ib.531.
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 ὄρθ᾽ ἀκούεις, ΖεῦS.OT903 (cf. A.Ag. 161); freq. with εὖ and κακῶς, κακῶς . ὑπό τινος to be ill spoken of by one; “πρός τινοςHdt.7.16.ά; περί τινος for a thing, Id.6.86.ά; ἄμεινον, ἄριστα ., Hdt.2.173,8.93, cf. S.Ph.1313, Antipho 5.75, etc.
4. c. acc. rei, . κακά have evil spoken of one, Ar.Th.388, cf. S.Ph.607; “. λόγον ἐσλόνPi.I.5(4).13; “φήμας . . κακὰς ἤκουσενE.Hel.615.
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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