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ἀκοή

akoe · ἡ

hearing, sound heard

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Where it lives

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What it meant

ἀκοή · akoē — LSJ

hearing, sound heard

hearing, sound heard, ἕκαθεν δέ τε γίγνετʼ ἀ. Il. 16.634.

2 thing heard, tidings, story, report, thing, to listen to, by hearsay, traditions, hearsay evidence

thing heard, tidings, μετὰ πατρὸς ἀκουὴν ἱκέσθαι, βῆναι, Od. 2.308, 4.701; κατὰ τὴν Σόλωνος ἀκοήν according to Solonʼs story, Pl. Ti. 21a; report, Pi. P. 1.84, 90; ἀ. σοφοῖς thing for wise men to listen to, ib. 9.78; ἀκοῇ ἱστορεῖν, παραλαβεῖν τι by hearsay, Hdt. 2.29, 148; ἐπίστασθαι Antipho 5.67, Th. 4.126; ἐξ ἀκοῆς λέγειν Pl. Phd. 61d; τὰς ἀ. τῶν προγεγενημένων traditions, Th. 1.20; ἀκοαὶ . . λόγων Id. 1.73; ἀκοὴν μαρτυρεῖν, προσάγειν, give, bring hearsay evidence, D. 57.4; βαρὺν . . ἀκοῆς ψόφ

II sense of hearing

sense of hearing, Hdt. 1.38, etc.; joined with ὄψις, Pl. Phd. 65b, etc.; οἷς ὦτα μέν ἐστιν, ἀκοαὶ δὲ οὐκ ἔνεισιν Ph. 1.474.

2 act of hearing, hearing, ear, a hearing

act of hearing, ἐς ἀκοὰν ἐμήν to my hearing, my ear, A. Pr. 689; γᾶρυν ἀραρεῖν ἀκοαῖσι Simon. 41; ὀξεῖαν ἀ. . . λόγοις διδούς S. El. 30; ἀκοῇ κλύειν Id. Ph. 1412; ἀκοαῖς δέχεσθαι, εἰς ἀκοὰς . . ἥκειν, E. IT 1496, Ph. 1480; διʼ ἀκοῆς αἰσθάνεσθαι Pl. Lg. 900a; ἀκοὴν ὑπειπών demanding a hearing, E. HF 962; τοῖς ἀκροάμασι τὰς ἀ. ἀνατεθεικώς Plb. 24.5.9.

3 ear, ears

ear, ὀππάτεσσι δʼ οὖδεν ὄρημʼ, ἐπιρρόμβεισι δʼ ἄκουαι Sapph. 2.12, cf. A.R. 4.17; ἀπεσθίει μου τὴν ἀ. Hermipp. 52, cf. Pherecr. 199; δυσὶν ἀκοαῖς κρίνειν with two ears, Arist. Pol. 1287b27, cf. Pr. 960a30, Call. Fr. 106.5.

III hearing, listening to, hearing

hearing, listening to, ἀκοῆς ἄξιος Pl. Tht. 142d; εἰς ἀκοὴν φωνῆς within hearing of . ., D.S. 19.41.

IV obedience

obedience, ἀ. ὑπὲρ θυσίαν ἀγαθή LXX 1 Ki. 15.22.

V supernatural voices are heard

in pl., place where supernatural voices are heard, IG 4.955.10 (Epid.), Marin. Procl. 32; αἱ ἀ. τοῦ θεοῦ Aristid. Or. 47(23).13.

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